[an invite from our colleague Seph Ubalde, who handles a class in Multimedia News in the department. In the daily TV Channel 5 morning show he uses a touchscreen to show the movement of weather patterns (he has also has the necessary background in weather news having participated in weather forecasting courses). A touchscreen makes a presenter look more skilled and less scripted – NBC’s Early Today uses it wall-size; on the other hand, a chroma or “green screen” does not have actual images and is animated by the tech staff to produce images for TV so the presenter is pretending – his/her eyes are glued to the studio monitor and the teleprompter while miming or aping the script.]
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(blog admin storified this from the news copy of InterAksyon.com)
A first in the country — multimedia news production will be done publicly and with the public by professional reporters and editors of InterAksyon.com at the heart of the U.P. Diliman Campus tomorrow 9am-5pm.
Members of the U.P. community can interact with the editorial team of InterAksyon.com at the Palma Hall lobby (“A.S” lobby) and enjoy free downloads, installation of the InterAksyon app for iOS and Android devices, free coffee, snacks, and Wi-Fi.
News events on-campus will be live-blogged while a forum on the State of the Nation Address will also be held.
TV5 editors and and Radyo Singko 92.3 NewsFM will join the InterAksyon Team while an Aksyon Center Desk will receive complaints for TV5’s public service programs.
For details, follow @interaksyon on Twitter, and #OnlineOnsite hashtag.
(I’m not sure if Sha-la-la, the morning show dancer, er, este, showbiz news presenter, will be at the lobby tomorrow – let’s see).
M.A. in Journalism at the University of the Philippines (Updated)
The University of the Philippines Department of Journalism will offer the M.A. in Journalism this June, the revitalized graduate program approved by U.P.. It includes Online News Production, Newsroom Management (multimedia), Advanced Reporting (multimedia). Application extended up to April 30; admission exam to be give on May 10 at 9am to 12 noon. For details, please inquire with the admin office or call 920-6852.
Inquirer publisher Isagani Yambot had his eye on the future.
Every graduation day for the past decade, he attended the graduation rites of the college to witness future journalists march up the stage, and shake the hands of the Inquirer scholars and their parents.
Every year for the past decade, Gani Yambot personally coordinated with the Department for the submission of the list of nominees to the Inquirer scholarship grants based on academic performance, published work , journalistic experience, and demonstrated leadership.
Every first quarter of every year, he tirelessly and personally texted, telephoned, emailed, and wrote to prepare for the awarding of the Inquirer scholarship grants. He never delegated the task to a representative or an assistant, he used his own cellphone and computer to coordinate the submission of records in time for evaluation and shortlisting. Upon our invitation, every April, he braved the summer heat in his working jusi barong, and sat onstage with the faculty and staff to personally congratulate his Inquirer scholars and see the face of the future among the journalism graduates.
Gani Yambot saw the next century .
The most modern, technologically equipped , LAN-connected simulated newsroom in the University is a donation from the Inquirer. Named “The Inquirer Newsroom”, it hosts the multimedia courses “The Newsroom”, “Online Journalism”, “Publication Design and Layout”, “Multimedia Newsroom”, and soon, if approved by the University, the proposed M.A. (graduate) course “Online News Production” (Advanced online journalism: Producing web content from breaking and developing news in the social media).
His commitment to a free and independent press and journalistic excellence was equalled only by his uncanny foresight and wisdom in investing in brilliant scholars and multimedia infrastructure in the academe.
This light will continue to shine upon us.
On behalf of the Department of Journalism, we extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Gani Yambot.
It would be difficult to imagine this year’s graduation rites without Gani in our midst, but it would be easy to see him in the face of every journalism scholar and graduate that the Inquirer had supported and helped.
