JSAP


ABOUT



JSAP



Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines is a professional association representing university, college and senior high school educators in private and public institutions that seek to promote journalism study and research as well as to advocate for free and independent media, esp. during critical times.



MISSION



JSAP aims to promote the highest possible standards in journalism education, journalism studies, and research; to advocate for cultural diversity in classrooms and curriculum, to support and develop competent and up-to-date educators with the latest technological equipment and know-how.



VISION



The JSAP will create various fora - physically and digitally - for members to share information and best practices. Seminars on the latest issues on journalism, esp. threats to Press Freedom, as well as pedagogical techniques and technological innovation shall be held periodically.

All these will bring about world-class professors who can guide students to become world-class future journalists.





BACKGROUNDER



Assistant Professor Lucia P. Tangi, chair of the UP Department of Journalism , conceptualized JSAP after years of researching on journalism education in the Philippines. She discovered that attempts to introduce journalism education in the Philippines started in 1919, less than a decade after the first journalism school was established in the United States in 1908. A committee was set up by UP to study the feasibility of introducing a degree in journalism.


However, it was only in 1966 that UP started offering a degree in journalism following the establishment of the Institute of Mass Communication pursuant to Republic Act 4370. A number of journalism schools flourished and produced some of the best journalists in the country.


There were several attempts to organize journalism educators but none succeeded because of lack of support and funding. In 2019, Assistant Prof. Tangi felt it was the time to organize Filipino journalism educators because of the growing challenges that they have to face as a result of rapid technological development and a worsening media environment.





JSAP was finally established in October 2019 with support from Internews Philippines and USAID. It was formally launched on March 6,2020 at the UP College of Mass Communication . Around 25 Journalism educators and practitioners were present at the launch.


Among the founding members of JSAP are journalism faculty from various universities in Metro Manila and the provinces. The JSAP office is located at the UP Diliman College of Mass Communication (UP CMC).









JSAP