The National Statistics Office invites Businessweek Mindanao
personnel Mr. Dante Sudaria, BusinessWeek and Mindanao Daily
publisher and Mr. Shaun Alejandre Uy, Businessweek
Mindanao editor as guests and at same time reactants during the Report Writing
Workshop on November 21, 2012 at Chali Beach Resort and Conference Center,
Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City with participants from NSO provincial offices of
Bukidnon, Camiguin, Lanao del Norte, Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental
and Regional Office 10. Each of the NSO provincial offices
presents three (3) 2010 Census of
Population and Housing (CPH) indicators during the said workshop in preparation
of writing a news report.
This report writing workshop aims to inculcate the NSO
employees the appropriate skills for news writing and reporting generally as
well as its basic requirements such as 5W’s of the event which refers to the Who, What, When,
Where and Why to come up with a clear and logically structured reports because
reports play an essential role in many operations especially business
operations. Mr. Uy even emphasizes that as a news writer one of the things must
consider is the ‘target reader’. It needs to be read, understood, and often, acted upon . The fact that news affects the way we
perceive and act on our decisions.