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 "News defying logic. Information delivery beyond ethics. Radio booths as marketplaces. No fee, no coverage, Partial reportage. Business and personal interests over upholding the truth." --These were issues tackled in Back to the Fourth Estate: The First Bicol Conference on Communication and Media Studies held last 25 to 26 February 2010 at the Madrigal Amphitheater, Ateneo de Naga University.
 The event aimed to raise insights from the field of broadcasting and communication using an interdisciplinary approach in response to various issues in the world of media today. Hosted by the AdNU Media Studies Department and Media Studies Society, and attended by instructors, students, and media personnel from the region, the participants immersed themselves in various lectures and workshops.
To formally open the conference, Dr. Digna Alba (Chair of the Media Studies Department) gave her Welcome Address, followed by a presentation of the Conference Background by Maria Laquindanum (President of the Media Studies Society). Dr. Rolando Tolentino (Dean of the College of Mass Communication, University of the Philippines, Diliman) also gave his keynote address.
 For this debut conference, the lectures presented were:
Press[ing] Concerns: Corruption in Local Media by Vic Nierva (MS Faculty and Writer), Media and Biopolitical Production by Adrian Remodo (Philosophy Faculty and Writer), In Media Res: Perspectives on Popular Culture in Bikol by Kristian Cordero (Writer), and The Philippine Press and the Culture of Impunity by Adonis Rugeria (MS Assistant Professor).
The workshops were Problematizing Mass Media Today by Fr. Wilmer Joseph Tria (Chair of the Philosophy Department) and Workshop on Local Media.
Students also presented their paper presentations: Mga Tungkulin ng Malayang Mamamayan in the Lyrics of Francis 'Kiko' Magalona in His Album, Freeman by Jordan Galileo Cortez and Burke's Dramatization in the 9th SONA of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by Bernice Paz Paita and Jan Victor Agna.
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