The sky isn’t falling

(Here’s my closing remarks at the Online Campus Journalism Seminar and Workshop held by Smart for campus journalists in Cebu.) Twelve years ago, a group of journalists, writers and artists in Cebu decided to form a cooperative and publish a different type of community newspaper. The Independent... 

Source:  Leon Kilat ::: The Cybercafe Experiments

Journalists deserve freedom after speech

N.B. – This was published in the December 7, 2009 issue of JoongAng Daily, an English newspaper based in Seoul, where the Philippine Resource Persons Group (PhilRPG) has a weekly column (Pinoy Voices). The full text of my article may also be retrieved from http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2913540. Thirty... 

Source:  Rising Sun

Stop killing journalists!!!

Someone on Facebook asked why people — we journalists, specifically — are saying, “Stop killing journalists” when it should, under the circumstances, be, “Stop killing” – period. That made me think, and I had to admit to myself that in the current case (the “Maguindanao massacre” or,... 

Source:  Davao Blogspace

The calm before the storm, the wind beneath my wings, the Samson to my Delilah

Sigh. My writing has become sporadic again. My last real post was before the announcement of winners of the Philippine Blog Awards where I was one of the finalists for Best Personal Blog. I lost, but I can't blame my lack of enthusiasm to losing because my real reason is much shallower than grieving... 

Source:  EXCUSE MY FRENCH

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