A student and an academic staff of the MA Journalism program of the Graduate School hauled journalism awards for their news outlets and the University on November 8, 2024, during the 2023 Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) Annual Awards.
MA in Journalism candidate Tyrone Jasper Piad won the Best Business Feature Award for his three-part series in 2023 鈥淭he costs of mobility and the increasing use of cycling,鈥� done for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. This series was the capstone requirement for the course Data Journalism. The articles are as follows:
鈼� Part 1:
鈼� Part 2:
鈼� Part 3:
Piad is actually a back-to-back winner for Best Business Feature for EJAP. Last year, Piad won for his 2022 story with his former outlet BusinessMirror titled 鈥�.鈥�
MA in Journalism lecturer Jasper Emmanuel Arcalas also won, this time as the Agriculture and Mining Reporter of the Year. Arcalas, a 2024 graduate who鈥檚 a newly hired lecturer at the BA in Journalism program, has been winning national awards and one international award while being a scholar for The Varsitarian, studying in the graduate journalism program.
