CAMPUS journalists of both high schools and colleges in the National Capital Region have been invited to join the Ditto Sarmiento Essay Writing Competition. Now on its second run, the competition is in commemoration of the young campus journalists who died in the fight for press freedom during the martial law.
Abraham ‘‘Ditto” Sarmiento Jr., after whom the competition is named, died at the age of 27. Sarmiento was editor in chief of the Philippine Collegian, the student organ of the University of the Philippines (UP). He was imprisoned during the Marcos regime and died shortly thereafter.
Organized by the UP Alpha Phi Beta fraternity in partnership with the Philippine Collegian, the Ditto Sarmiento Essay Writing Competition brings together the lessons of history and today’s journalism practices. The competition aims to draw out the Ditto Sarmientos of today and the future.