Philippine sports Hall of Famer and long jump queen Elma Muros-Posadas, Thea Ceñarosa of netball and Noelle Zoleta-Mañalac from the national soft tennis team expressed their support Friday, April 28 to the Philippine Sports Commission Women in Sports’ Filipinas Sports Media Seminar on its inaugural session in Splendido Tagaytay.
“Masaya ako kasi natututo lahat at nagkakaroon ng confidence. Noong panahon ko bilang atleta, takot akong magpa-interview. Malaking bagay at impact na naging part ako ngayon ng seminar na ito,” shared Muros-Posadas who reminisced the times when she was still wary of granting interviews to the media. Muros-Posadas, along with Ceñarosa and Zoleta-Mañalac, is set to lead mock Q & A’s to be conducted by sports media participants.
The PSC, through the office of Commissioner Olivia “Bong” Coo, invited veteran sportscaster Patricia Bermudez-Hizon and sportswriter Lito Cinco as key speakers to share insights for conducting interviews and writing news for television, radio and print media — valuable tips which worked for them in their field.
“This is the second phase of our Media Training and Seminar. This time, we give the spotlight to the many young and aspiring sportswriters and journalists to combat the stereotypical presentation of women in sports media,” said Coo, the PSC Women in Sports Commissioner-in-Charge.
Fifty aspiring female sportswriters and journalists from different universities and schools in Metro Manila like Ateneo, De La Salle, University of the Philippines, University of Santo Tomas, College of Saint Benilde, St. Scholastica’s College, and University of Perpetual Help System Dalta participated in the two-day forum.
Other local governments like the City of Makati, Muntinlupa City and Quezon City also sent their public information officers to be part of the PSC all-expense paid sports seminar.
“This is a perfect opportunity for the PSC under the Women in Sports program to be part of honing the talent and skills of many young aspiring sports journalists. We are excited to see them in the field of sports media, doing interviews with our national athletes,” said Coo.
The sports media seminar will conclude on Saturday, April 29 with a workshop on writing and critique.