TYBOX: Of Campus Press Freedom, Creativity and Censorship

TYBOX: Of campus press freedom, creativity and censorship

The news of the University of Mindanao demanding its student publication Primum to take down a literary piece about Vice President Sara Duterte was not the first time that a school administration in Davao had tried to silence the campus press. That brings me back to those memories back in my college years, as a member of the student paper in Ateneo de Davao and of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines, witnessing fellow writers from other…

Political content led to attacks vs campus press

“There is no such thing as ‘apolitical’ reporting. It is always focused on the interest of the people.” CAGAYAN DE ORO — The campus press community expressed dismay over the situation faced by a Mindanao-based student publication. Last week, various campus publications and youth organizations expressed solidarity with Primum, student publication of the Davao-based University of Mindanao (UM), after its Facebook page got reportedly deactivated on…