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Gloriagate Blogs

Posted by Alecks Pabico
PCIJ

LET a thousand (journalist) blogs bloom.

No doubt about it, the current political crisis rocking the Arroyo administration has made blogging, for all its unmediated, instantaneous and personal nature, an attractive reporting medium for Filipino journalists. Of course, the case for blogging journalists has already been made by the likes of Manuel L. Quezon III, Jove Francisco (By Jove!), Chin Wong ( Digital Life), Erwin Oliva (cyberbaguioboy), to name a few, even before we at the PCIJ started venturing into the blogosphere ourselves.

Recent welcome additions to the journalist blogging community are GMA Network's Howie Severino (Side Trip with Howie Severino), who has a blog on blogs today, and Philippine Daily Inquirer's editorialist John Nery (Newsstand). Much earlier, we also saw GMA reporters coming out with blogs of their own — Tina Panganiban-Perez ( crimson page) and Joseph Morong (Essays and Other Lullabies). The media network is said to be encouraging its reporters to go into blogging.

Another journalist has also been blogging anonymously since May at The Early Edition.

While the mainstream media based in Metro Manila seem slow in grasping the potential of blogging as an important addition to the journalistic toolkit, interesting developments have happened elsewhere. In Cebu, Sun.Star has spiced up its coverage of "Gloriagate" by launching the Citizen Watch: The Arroyo Presidency blog. There's also dyAB, the first radio station (as far as I know) that is complementing all its programs with blogs ( dyAB Abante Bisaya). 

UP Homecoming on July 9

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
CEBU   CHAPTER   FOUNDATION   INCORPORATED
Rm. 256, Arts & Sciences Building, UPV Cebu College
Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City 6000

UP Alumni Association Cebu Chapter Foundation, Inc.
Will Hold Alumni Institute and Homecoming
On  July 9, 2005

The University of the Philippines Alumni Association Cebu Chapter Foundation, Inc. (UPAACCFI) will hold its annual alumni institute and alumni homecoming with dinner at the Social Hall of the Cebu Provincial Capitol this coming July 9, 2005 with the alumni institute at 4:00 p.m. and the alumni homecoming and dinner at 6:00 p.m.

The annual alumni institute is part of the continuing professional education for all UP alumni based in Cebu and aims to tackle important issues of the day.  This year’s theme is  “Mainstreaming Responsible Tourism” since Cebu has been identified as a major tourist destination and its tourism industry is one of the key factors in its economic growth.  All alumni are invited to the homecoming dinner to honor the diamond, golden, ruby, silver and pearl jubilarians.

Tickets to the combined alumni institute/homecoming dinner are available at the UP Cebu Student Affairs Office (Tel No. 232-8185) at P500.00 each.