All students: I accepted an invitation from the provincial government of Aklan to speak before elementary, high school and college teachers in Kalibo. I will be leaving for Kalibo on January 31 (Thursday) and will return to Manila on February 3 (Sunday).

January 31 (Thursday)

• J 117 (Online Journalism): The Beltran News Room (BNR) will be made available to you from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. even if we will not meet. Please use your free time to write your online news feature article on ACLE which you should upload to your website on or before February 7. You should also make changes to your website based on what we discussed in class.
• J 122 (Publication Design and Layout): We will not meet for very obvious reasons. Group 1 will report on February 7, while Groups 2, 3 and 4 will report on February 14. Don’t worry. We will move the deadlines for the brochure and newsletter.

February 1 (Friday)

• J 109 (Writing for Popular Audiences): Kindly get your papers from the department secretary. Please prepare for your presentation of your planned specialized article on February 8, focusing on the objectives for writing the article and the target audience.