Lasallian Schools Press Conference

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The LSPCon logo for 2005. The Green Archer, the official mascot of De La Salle University-Manila, is depicted here.
The LSPCon logo for 2005. The Green Archer, the official mascot of De La Salle University-Manila, is depicted here.

The Lasallian Schools Press Conference (more known as LSPCon) is an annual event that convenes all student journalists from the member schools of De La Salle Philippines for seminars and workshops with speakers from the Philippine media industry. Topics include news writing, features writing, sports writing, opinion writing, creative writing, layouting, editing, photojournalism, and illustration for newspapers and magazines.

It is organized by the Alliance of Lasallian Campus Journalists, a union of all student publications within the system, along with a host school chosen from the member schools.

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[edit] The previous LSPCons

The advertisement for the LSPCon06.
The advertisement for the LSPCon06.

The first LSPCon was held in De La Salle University-Manila in 2005. The second LSPCon (LSPCon06) was held on May 3 to 5, 2006, at the Angelo King International Center, De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde.

With the theme "Defining Lasallian journalism towards empowering the nation," the LSPCon06 featured notable speakers, such as Manuel Luis Quezon III, Jun Barrameda, Rowena Paraan, and Conrado de Quiros, among others.

[edit] LSPCon 2007

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The official logo for the LSPCon 2007. Note the Green Archer logo, rendered in glass. In addition, the fonts Segoe and Consolas were used, a branding trademark of the main host student publication, the Heraldo Filipino.
The official logo for the LSPCon 2007. Note the Green Archer logo, rendered in glass. In addition, the fonts Segoe and Consolas were used, a branding trademark of the main host student publication, the Heraldo Filipino.

The current LSPCon (LSPCon 2007) will be held on May 2-4, 2007 in De La Salle University-Dasmariñas. Also, the Alliance of Lasallian Campus Journalists will be launched at the same time. Its theme will be "Lasallian Campus Journalist: Exercising rights, taking responsibility, valuing ethics."

[edit] The logo and the motif

The traditional Green Archer logo is rendered in glass. The motif, the logo (rendered in the Windows Vista glass-icon fashion), and other paraphernalia will be inspired by Microsoft's design of its Professional Developers Conference, a conference for software developers.

[edit] Catchphrase

  • May Day is "Yay" Day.

[edit] External links

[edit] LSPCon06

[edit] LSPCon 2007