Cebu City - The National Nutrition Council Region VII conducted a writing workshop to sharpen the writing skills of its technical staff and the Human Resource for Health for Nutrition (HRH-N) under its wing. The writeshop dubbed “How to write an effective article” was held on 08 December 2021 at the Southview Hotel in Dumaguete City and was attended by twenty-nine participants. The activity was part of the capacity building activities organized by NNC 7 for its personnel.

Nutrition Officer II Ms. Norre Jean V. Delos Santos of NNC 7 was the main speaker and facilitator. She emphasized that “Writing articles brings out important and relevant topics to limelight like correcting the common belief that stunting is hereditary”. She added that other themes such as good nutrition projects, relevant policies approved and implemented in the different LGUs can also be featured in the article. The workshop covered topics on Appreciating Web Articles, News Article vs. Feature Story, Fundamentals of News Writing and Scaling-up Digital Presence. It was capped with an actual writeshop where each attendee was expected to produce either a news article, feature story or news feature.  Best articles from the different categories were selected after the activity.

Awarded as best news article was “Zamboanguita ensures food security through Gulayan at Palaisdaan” written by ND II Teresito M. Caayaman II. The best output for feature story was cornered by ND II Jocefel O. Callet with a story on “How to stay healthy during the holiday”. ND II Shaira Vita A. Calumpang who came up with “Pakig-estoya ni Mama” got the nod from the judges for the best news feature.  

Read and learn more from the outputs of the attendees of the writeshop in this platform. Apply them in your daily life, as needed for a better and healthier you. // NO I Christine April M. Lopez, RND