Wednesday, March 2, 2016

AFP's Eastmincom chief urges CMO officers to go by norms of journalism

From the Philippine Information Agency (Mar 1): AFP's Eastmincom chief urges CMO officers to go by norms of journalism

Eastern Mindanao commander of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Lt. General  Rey Leonardo Guerrero  has enjoined all the civil military operations officers to provide accurate, truthful and complete information.

He sees the need for CMOs to observe such standards of reporting  as well as abide by the “norms, standards and professional ethics” of reporting saying the general public nowadays has become particular on what is being reported  about their community.

The CMOs from various commands in Eastern Mindanao recently underwent a three-day peace communicators seminar workshop conducted in close cooperation with the Philippine Information Agency Davao Region. The public relations officers of the Philippine National Police in Eastern Mindanao regions were also  invited to join the training.

PIA 11 Regional Director Efren F. Elbanbuena lauded the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command  for the keen interest of its CMOs to learn how to report according to the standards of Journalism. 

Director Elbanbuena oriented the CMOs on communication theories and taught them how to come up with a communication plan. Among the Journalism subjects taken up during the seminar workshop were news writing, radio broadcasting, photography and videography, mobile journalism  and short messaging services (sms) reporting.

Guerrero is hopeful that the training would make the CMOs under his command more “efficient and effective in confronting issues and concerns”  through delivering accurate information at the  right time.

He saw it fit to recommend that all AFP CMOs will become “professionalized” and that they would be given the right tools to deliver their tasks as peace communicators. 

“I would highly recommend,  i-professionalized ang mga CMO officers as far as  dealing with the media, handling information,  and more importantly they should be provided with appropriate  tools para magiging effective sila (so that they would become effective),” he said. 

http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1591456814718/afp-s-eastmincom-chief-urges-cmo-officers-to-go-by-norms-of-journalism-

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