Defining the community press in the Philippines
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (July 19, 10:20 p.m.) where I write a column (Philippine Fantasy).
A student from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman emailed a few questions about my involvement with the community press. Below are my answers.
What community presses have...
Source: Rising Sun
ASEAN media remain `not free’
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (April 19, 9:35 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
Three journalists from the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar emailed a few questions about the media situation in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Allow...
Source: Rising Sun
Reuters to Journalists: Don’t Break News on Twitter
"Last night, Reuters released their social media policy, which includes instructing journalists to avoid exposing bias online and tells them specifically not to “scoop the wire” by breaking stories on Twitter."[via mashable]
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Reuters to Journalists: Don’t Break News on Twitter
"Last night, Reuters released their social media policy, which includes instructing journalists to avoid exposing bias online and tells them specifically not to “scoop the wire” by breaking stories on Twitter."[via mashable]
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Source: GeekPicks
Philippine presidential candidates should have Media Agenda
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (Feb. 22, 10:17 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (Philippine Fantasy).
It is easy for all Philippine presidential candidates to claim that they are advocates of press freedom. Who would dare impose restrictions on media whose favorable coverage...
Source: Rising Sun
Teaching journalism amid the culture of impunity
N.B. – This was published in Asian Correspondent (January 4, 9:30 p.m.) where I write a weekly column (“Philippine Fantasy”).
How should journalism be taught at a time when journalists are killed with impunity and the government remains hostile to press freedom?
The following questions...
Source: Rising Sun
Mass Media and Politics
The press has always played an important role in Filipino society and government. Recently, however, some people have begun to feel that this role has expanded into areas where perhaps it has no place. How has this change come about? How have the Internet and other technological advances affected the...
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Things every journalist should know in 2010
"This is an update on a post I wrote at the beginning of last year – Ten things every journalist should know in 2009. I still stand by all those points I made then so consider the following 10 to be an addendum."[via journalism]
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Social Media Guide for Journalists
"Navigating the journalistic seas this past year has been a particularly challenging/exciting task. As many a publication foundered in the economic benthos, others rode the wave of new technology into previously uncharted waters."[via mashable]
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Wikang Filipino at makabuluhang peryodismo
N.B. – A journalism student from the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman who is finishing his undergraduate thesis emailed the following questions on the use of Filipino in media organizations in the Philippines. Allow me to share with you my answers, obviously written in Filipino.
Gaano...
Source: Rising Sun
