Students question news coverage of religion at The Big Quiz talk
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Wang Zhe, 17, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on 20 July 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Mark Lim, 18, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on 20 July 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Tan Hui Shan, 18, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Tan Si Ying, 18, reponds to a question about her Korean costume at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Mr Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot, at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Ms Goh and Mr Yen Feng, copy editor, at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Copy editor Yen Feng giving a speech at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by him and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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(From left) Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot, Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Mr Fong Chun Kin, General Paper level coordinator from Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) at the campus talk on science and religion at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
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Jonathan Tan, 18, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Yen Feng, copy editor and Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Wang Zhe, 17, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on 20 July 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Mark Lim, 18, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on 20 July 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Tan Hui Shan, 18, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Tan Si Ying, 18, reponds to a question about her Korean costume at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Mr Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot, at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Ms Goh and Mr Yen Feng, copy editor, at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Copy editor Yen Feng giving a speech at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by him and Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
(From left) Ms Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot, Mr Yen Feng, copy editor and Mr Fong Chun Kin, General Paper level coordinator from Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) at the campus talk on science and religion at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
Jonathan Tan, 18, asks a question at the campus talk on science and religion conducted by Yen Feng, copy editor and Serene Goh, editor of IN and Little Red Dot at Anglo-Chinese Junior College on July 20, 2012. -- ST PHOTO: LIM YAOHUI
The role the media plays in religious dialogue in Singapore came under the spotlight at Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) on Friday.
At the final of six campus talks leading up to the inaugural Straits Times-Ministry of Education National Current Affairs Quiz, or The Big Quiz for short, students fielded questions on whether the recent City Harvest Church court case deserved to go on the front page of The Straits Times, and how the broadsheet reports religious disputes.
ST Schools programme editor Serene Goh and copy editor Yen Feng gamely tackled such questions from an auditorium of 350 students after Mr Feng's talk on religion in Singapore.
Mr Feng, who covered the religion beat from 2007 to 2011, started his talk by posing 10 True-or-False questions about religion in Singapore to the students, to get them to reflect on their perceptions of religion.
Sharing local trends in religion over the last 30 years and past news reports on religion, he also urged students to think about issues in religion rather than tiptoe around them.
During the question and answer segment, he shared his experiences reporting on religion.
Previous talks at other campuses such as Hwa Chong Institution and Temasek Junior College have covered current affairs topics running the gamut from sport to politics.
Alongside the talks, the broadsheet has been running a series of primers on current affairs topics every Friday. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Education is providing teaching resources on these topics that GP teachers can use in classroom discussions.
The talks, articles and lessons will culminate in The Big Quiz. All 23 pre-university institutions have signed up for the preliminary round, which will take place on July 25.
