WHAT WE DO
WE PRACTICE
We provide an avenue for training and practice for community journalists/communicators/volunteers and future journalists/communicators especially in documentation and reporting community issues, events, and processes.
WE CAPACITATE
We organize community documentation and reporting training for community stakeholders and volunteers. We provide technical support for them to document and report on their own and collaborate with other organizations
WE SUSTAIN
To ensure sustainability, we collaborate with individuals and institutional partners who share our vision of empowerment through community news and information
BUKIDNONNEWS.NET – INSTITUTIONAL DESCRIPTION
Bukidnon News started operating as a community news organization in 2011 as an initiative of independent journalists, educators, and communication practitioners, who shared a vision of promoting a new media culture in Bukidnon. The group is now focused on training and content production for community-based documentation and reporting initiatives.
It presently runs its BukidnonNews.Net Community Documentation and Reporting Project, which focuses on providing avenues for training and action for practitioners and volunteers in community documentation and reporting. As of January 2020, the organization has operated the BukidnonNews.Net website as a laboratory publication of its practitioners and volunteers, which include community professionals in journalism, public information, development communication, professional education, social sciences, and other related fields. It also has students and community folks among its volunteers.
Vision
- Empowered citizens and communities who are able to communicate their issues and aspirations through news and information.
Mission
- We strive to be a sustainable institution in community documentation training, education, and media production through meaningful partnerships with community stakeholders in sustainable development.
- Community-based engagement in training and content production
2. Ethical and responsible practices
3. Mutually beneficial endeavors with members, partners, and communities
4. Sustainable and viable actions”
CORE PRINCIPLES
Bukidnon News