Ateneo de Manila Communication Department

13/07/2026

13/07/2026

Main character energy, but make it academic.

The Department of Communication electives are here to help you create, strategize, shoot, edit, design, and make noise in the best way possible!

Check out the course cards for schedules, prerequisites, and course descriptions.

Contact us at [email protected] for more info

25/06/2026

Stories shape how we see the world—but are our stories culturally intelligent?

The Department of Communication of the Ateneo de Manila University, through the Jose “Totoy” V. Avellana Professorial Chair for Communication Arts, invites you to join A Masterclass on Culturally Intelligent Storytelling with acclaimed writer, speaker, and storyteller Ned Legaspi.

In an increasingly interconnected world, communicators are called to create stories that go beyond creativity...stories that are ethical, inclusive, respectful, and grounded in cultural understanding. This masterclass offers participants practical tools and critical insights for crafting narratives that resonate across cultures and communities.

30 July 2026 (Thursday)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Ateneo de Manila University

This masterclass is open to:
🔹 Communication and media students
🔹 Faculty members and educators
🔹 Journalists and media practitioners
🔹 Development communicators
🔹 Marketing professionals
🔹 Government and NGO workers
🔹 Content creators and influencers

Participation is FREE for selected participants.

Limited slots available!
Apply here: bit.ly/CISmasterclass
Deadline for applications: 25 July 2026

For inquiries, email: [email protected]

21/06/2026

21/06/2026

Congratulations AB COM 2026 🎓🎉✨

19/06/2026

Shahidul Alam was asked how to pronounce his name. He replied that its Arabic origin was far more interesting: "Witness of the World." Listening to him speak at commencement, I couldn't imagine a better title. Suddenly, I was a student again, transported back to 2008 when I learned under him through the ACFJ.

Alam beautifully connected Areté and the Blue Eagle Gym—our campus landmarks—framing them as peaks flanking a valley of effort, grit, and remembered grief. He reminded the graduates that excellence is not admired from a distance; it requires choosing the difficulty on purpose to serve something larger than oneself.

But as someone who teaches photography, visual communication, and the concept of "home," it was his raw assessment of the camera that completely spoke to me. Alam described a photograph as a simple act of witness that names what a community has agreed to ignore, making certain injustices impossible to unsee.

"That is what I’ve spent my life trying to do: to make certain things impossible to unsee. Goodness is not enough. Goodness requires seeing, and seeing requires the willingness to look at things that are uncomfortable to look at, including the arrangements in your own house."

He spoke to the Philippines with agonizing precision, pointing out the millions of our people sent abroad to raise other nations' children and keep their homes—rendered invisible simply because it is convenient for the privileged. What we do with our education in the face of this reality is the central moral question of this generation.

His words echoed a column I wrote back in college about our duty to open doors for others. Alam reminded us that credentials do not tell us which rooms to enter, but rather what we must refuse to do. Like Rizal's novels, our education is not a historical artifact; it is a set of active instructions.

He challenged us, that true courage is not fearlessness; it is the willingness to fly when you are afraid, holding the camera steady even when your hands are shaking. When someone is watching from the doorway of a drawing room, we cannot look away. We must take the photograph.

This urgent challenge is not just for the graduating students. It is for us.

- Words and photos by Aaron Vicencio, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Dr Rosita G Leong School of Social Sciences, & University Photographer at Large, Ateneo de Manila University

05/06/2026

The Department is entering its proud parent era 😭

Congratulations to Gela Ballerda & Ana Padua for winning the Best Thesis Award for AY 2025–2026!

From consultations, revisions, and deadline marathons to producing research that amplifies the experiences of campus journalists under pressure…this is exactly the kind of meaningful, courageous scholarship we celebrate in Communication.

We are so proud of you both!

Congratulations as well to thesis mama Janelle Paris!

29/05/2026

PSA for Incoming Seniors looking for an internship!