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Position paper on Senate bills amending the Shield Law
2007-12-03 10:11:00 N.B. - This is my short paper presented at a forum titled “In Session: Legislations in the 14th Congress” on December 3, 2007 at the conference room of Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. The Third World Studies Center (TWSC) organized the forum, the third and last installment of a three-part Policy ... More About: Media , The Shield , Senate , Paper , Shield
Call for Papers: Philippine Journalism Review
2007-11-29 10:20:00 N.B. - We will be very happy to publish your research on journalism, subject to the refereeing process. Our friends in the academe who need a refereed publication for promotion or tenure may also be interested in this. Please help disseminate this call for papers. Thank you very much. PHILIPPINE JOURNALISM REVIEW The CMFR Refereed Journal CALL ... More About: Media , Journalism , Review , Call , Papers
Taking the struggle on the Net
2007-11-29 07:06:00 The current breaking news on Inquirer.net regarding the walkout of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and other officers from their court hearing in Makati City and their subsequent march to the Manila Peninsula shows that the mass action is well-organized. It even used cyberspace as a venue to get the message across. You can visit the website ... More About: Media , Photos , Taking
More work in December
2007-11-28 11:24:00 That’s me facilitating a journalism ethics workshop at the Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City last November 8. I think this picture clearly reflects my preoccupation in the next few days. Today (November 28) is the last day of the three-day writing and editing workshop I conducted for 15 officers of the Commission on Higher Education ... More About: Photos , Work , December
Pulitika ng transport strike
2007-11-28 04:14:00 N.B. - This was published in Vol. 6, No. 45 (November 28-December 4, 2007) of Pinoy Weekly (p. 5). Madaling sisihin ang mga drayber ng dyip, bus at taksi sa kaguluhan sa mga lansangan. Kilala sila sa kawalan ng respeto sa batas trapiko. Sa mata ng publiko, mistulan silang “may-ari ng lansangan” dahil sa kanilang asta. Kung saan-saan na lang sila nagbababa at kumukuha ng pasahero. Para silang hindi marunong gumamit ng “signal light” dahil sa basta-basta na lang – minsa pa nga’y biglaang – pagpunta sa kaliwa o kanang bahagi ng kalye. May mga pagkakataon pa ngang kahit ang mga hindi dapat daanan tulad ng bangketa ay nagiging kalye para sa kanila. Sa ganitong konteksto sila madalas mapaaway sa kapwa tsuper at iba pang motorista. Marami tuloy nagsasabing sila ay dapat tanggalan ng lisensiya sa pagmamaneho dahil sa pagiging takaw-aksidente. Ang ganitong negatibong imahe ay hindi nakakatulong sa pagkuha ng suporta mula sa publiko para sa kanilang planong malawakang transport ... More About: Transport , Strike , Tran
Peso to reach 30 per dollar in 2009
2007-11-27 10:45:00 The title of an Inquirer.net article today (November 27) says it all: “Peso seen reaching 38 per dollar in ‘08.” The article actually cites a projection by Banco de Oro-EPCI chief strategist Jonathan Ravelas who argues, “Strong OFW [overseas Filipino workers] remittances, along with portfolio flows, will help keep the currency on the stronger side.” This projection is consistent with the currency forecasts of BNP-Paribas, one of the largest international banking networks. Please feel free to analyze the data below. Click image to enlarge From the data above, you will notice that even a big international banking network projects the peso to be pegged at P30 per US dollar by the fourth quarter of 2009. With the exception of Hong Kong, there appears to be a general strengthening of the foreign currency exchange rate in other Asian economies until 2009. Believe it or not, I fully support a strong peso. That’s not to say, however, that this is a sign ... More About: Dollar , Reach
Of a tattered flag and another contest
2007-11-26 05:03:00 I took this photograph using my wife’s Nokia 6288 last November 18 (Sunday). Joy and I just stepped out of a newly opened restaurant along Adriatico Street (Manila) and we noticed this tattered Philippine flag displayed - accidentally and not proudly, I think - by a barber shop just in front of the restaurant where ... More About: Contest , Photos , Flag
Reading this article should bother all of us
2007-11-26 02:55:00 I invite you to read a recent article on Bulatlat titled “2 Missing UP Students Tortured, Raped Inside Military Camp” written by Dabet Castaeda. If this doesn’t bother you in any way, I’m sorry to say that there is something wrong with you. Even the most apathetic lot should feel something after reading this. Thank you for ... More About: Reading , Article
Announcements for my November 29 and 30 classes
2007-11-26 01:10:00 November 29 (Thursday) J 117 (Online Journalism): You already have an idea of how we analyze the readings. Taking this into account, we will continue our discussion of IT. The three assigned readings will still be used as main references. J 122 (Publication Design and Layout): We will continue the discussion of the design and layout ... More About: Classes , November , Anno
Congratulations to Hecky, Mara and Cepheus
2007-11-22 11:33:00 As promised in my post last November 13 titled “Win a book by giving the best answer,” I would like to announce the three winners of our mini-contest. Each of them will get a copy of a media monitoring guidebook I recently co-authored. Congratulations to Hecky Villanueva, Mara and Cepheus Quiñones. Please find below the answers they gave to the hypothetical situation I presented. Hecky Villanueva’s answer: Romy and Judith Miranda face a decision that will affect their lives for years to come. The consequences are multidimensional as it will have implications on their professional careers and reputations, source of livelihood, and future actions.Judith Miranda should have first talked things over with her father and made the appropriate disclosures when requesting interviews at Lifeline. Her father then could have prepared for any contingency including the threat of a firing. Proper disclosure of identity and affiliation is also important in a process that necess...
Assessing a website?s ranking
2007-11-21 09:31:00 JB of Skirmisher suggests that I should “post data from other (sources) and not (just) Alexa” to show a more accurate ranking of selected websites and blogs, most especially mine. I think JB’s concern is understandable as Alexa only generates data from browsers that download its toolbar, making the data not representative of the global ... More About: Media , Website , Ranking
Sana?y lumakas pa ang piso at bumaba ang presyo
2007-11-21 06:19:00 N.B. - This was published in Vol. 6, No. 44 (November 21-27, 2007) of Pinoy Weekly (p. 5). Para sa mga kumikita ng dolyar tulad ng overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), sa unang tingin ay hindi mainam ang nangyayari ngayong paglakas ng piso kumpara sa dolyar. Nagsara ang palitan noong Nobyembre 16 (Biyernes) sa P43.22 bawat dolyar. ... More About: Piso
9th Most Popular in Alexa?s `Journalists? category!
2007-11-20 10:07:00 I’ve noticed a 40% improvement in the Alexa global traffic rank of dannyarao.com compared to the previous month. From the global traffic rank of 660,773 last October, dannyarao.com’s global traffic rank as of November 20 is 397,466 However, the Philippine traffic rank of dannyarao.com dropped from 5,354 last October to 6,732 this month, or a 26% ... More About: Media , Popular , Category , Journalists
Another way of `monetizing? your website
2007-11-19 10:32:00 Last November 17, I conducted a “Basic Newsletter Writing Workshop” for the officers of Optodev, Inc. The latter manufactures ophthalmic lenses and is directly under the Paris-based Essilor International. I accepted the offer for two main reason. First, I was promised that the participants will only be limited to less than 15. Second, I was ... More About: Media , Website , Photos , Monetizing
Announcements for my November 22 and 23 classes
2007-11-16 10:59:00 November 22 (Thursday) J 117 (Online Journalism): Kindly read Butler, Gerstein and Gates. J 122 (Publication Design and Layout): Kindly bring the magazine assigned to you. Be prepared to present its design and layout in class using the parameters I gave you as guide. November 23 (Friday) J 109 (Writing for Popular Audiences): Kindly bring your assigned specialized ... More About: Classes , November , Anno
Isang diskurso sa pagpapakamatay
2007-11-14 05:00:00 N.B. - This was published in Vol. 6, No. 43 (November 14-20, 2007) of Pinoy Weekly (p. 5). Marami nang naiulat tungkol sa pagpapakamatay ni Marianette Amper ng Baranggay Ma-a, Davao City noong Nobyembre 2 dahil sa matinding kahirapan. Sigurado kong ikaw ay mayroon ding opinyon tungkol dito. Marahil ay sang-ayon ka rin sa halos ...
Happiness is an unsolicited comment
2007-11-13 11:12:00 I think I owe a former student an apology for jokingly saying a few minutes ago that she’s being corny when she shook my hand and said “This may sound a bit awkward, but I want to say thank you for the last semester.” Looking back, there’s nothing “corny” or “awkward” about complimenting someone. Of ... More About: Happiness , Comment , Soli
Win a book by giving the best answer
2007-11-13 03:42:00 I will be giving away a copy of the 60-page book I co-authored (with Prof. Luis Teodoro and Hector Bryant Macale) titled Monitoring Media Coverage of Elections (CMFR, 2007) to three individuals who who can give the best answer to the hypothetical situation below. (By the way, I contributed this hypothetical situation at the ... More About: Answer , Book , Giving
Today (November 12) on Usapang Media
2007-11-12 10:58:00 Click image to enlarge Our radio program Usapang Media (DWAD 1098 khz, 3:30 to 4:00 p.m.) had a short but productive discussion today (November 12) on the controversial mural commissioned from the Neo-Angono Artists Collective (NAAC) by the National Press Club (NPC). We interviewed via phone patch Richard Gappi, president of NAAC. Much as we tried ... More About: Today
Message to my J 200 (Thesis) students
2007-11-12 10:16:00 If you’re my student in Journalism (J) 200 (Thesis), please note that we will meet on Friday (November 16), 4 pm in my office. Kindly bring your Form 5 and thesis proposal. Thank you and see you then. For the benefit of those who are just lurking, J 200 is the required undergraduate thesis course for ... More About: Students , Message , Mess
What I went through as a blogger
2007-11-09 11:38:00 Last November 6, a student from De La Salle University (DLSU) sent me 15 questions about my life as a blogger and journalist. My hectic schedule prevented me from replying to her immediately. In any case, please find below my answers. When did you start blogging? I started blogging in August 2005. My blog then was titled ... More About: Media , Blogger , Interviews , Went
`Monitoring Media Coverage of Elections? already available
2007-11-09 09:31:00 I am happy to announce that Monitoring Media Coverage of Elections , a 60-page manual published by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), is already available. Please find below excerpts from the introduction which explains the usefulness of this book to media practitioners and researchers: This guidebook, the final component of CMFR’s media monitor of news ...
Follow me on Twitter
2007-11-05 10:17:00 Call me a late bloomer, but it’s only now that I’ve joined the Twitter mania. Martin Perez’s post about Twitter prompted me to open an account. Just like Martin, I plan to use Twitter to communicate with my students. Of course, I can only hope that they will “follow me” via Twitter. With the start ...
Sa okasyon ng iyong kaarawan
2007-11-05 07:28:00 N.B. - This will be published in Vol. 6, No. 41 (November 7-13, 2007) of Pinoy Weekly. I’ve posted this article in advance for very obvious reasons. EnJOY! Marami mang pulitikal na isyung dapat talakayin, mayroon pa ring personal na damdaming hindi dapat kitlin! Alam kong napakabigat ng sakripisyong ginawa mo para lang magkasama tayo. Sa ...
New, unofficial version of `UP Naming Mahal?
2007-10-30 11:58:00 A former student sent me an mp3 file of a rendition of UP Nami ng Mahal , the university hymn of the University of the Philippines (UP), by progressive artists Noel Cabangon (formerly of Buklod), Cooky Chua (former lead singer of Color It Read), Chikoy Pura (lead singer of The Jerks), Gary Granada and Bayang Barrios ... More About: Version , Naming
Wrapping up October; misspelling `barangay?
2007-10-26 11:46:00 Yes, I’ve somehow managed to submit the final grades of my students in between speaking engagements and other tasks within and outside the university. I’ve also been able to update the Links section to include the blogs of those who requested a link exchange and those who took the initiative to link this blog to ... More About: Media , Photos , October , Wrap , Spell
Grades in J 199 already released; other announcements
2007-10-25 12:20:00 If you’re my student in Journalism 199 (Research in Journalism), you may now get your class cards and unclaimed papers from the department. For students who incurred an INC in the previous two semesters, kindly submit your lacking requirements before the end of October. I will be very busy in the first week of November ... More About: Released , Grades , Anno
Matapos ang pagsabog
2007-10-24 05:39:00 N.B. - This was published in Vol. 6, No. 41 (October 24-31, 2007) of Pinoy Weekly (p. 5). Habang sinusulat ito, hindi pa alam ang dahilan ng pagsabog noong Biyernes ng hapon sa Glorietta 2 sa lungsod ng Makati. Ang tanging alam lang natin ay umabot na sa 11 ang nasawi sa malagim na insidenteng ... More About: Killings
Gusto mo bang gumawa ng website?
2007-10-19 07:56:00 N.B. - This was published in Vol. 6, No. 40 (October 17-23, 2007) of Pinoy Weekly. Isa sa mga eksperimento ko sa paghawak ng iba?t ibang kurso sa pamamahayag ay ang pagtuturo ng Web authoring o paggawa ng website. Sinimulan ko ito noong 2000 at hanggang ngayon ay positibo pa rin ang pagtanggap ng mga ... More About: Media , Website , Bang , Gusto
Check out my J 117 students? websites
More articles from this author:2007-10-19 07:42:00 Now that their final grades have been released, I can now state for the record that I personally take pride in thewebsites of my students in J 117 (Online Journalism) this semester. I actually presented the screenshot of thesewebsites at the Blogger’s Kapihan last October 13 though I tried to limit my comments on each ... More About: Students , Websites , Check 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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