Tag: journalism
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Multimedia research assistant: Is this you?
JOB OPENING! I’m doing a biography project about an Asian tycoon. I need a research assistant who can handle and organize multimedia content.
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Um, Yasay as next foreign secretary?
I have an uneasy feeling about Yasay’s appointment as our chief diplomat. It seems none of his past experiences, including those I’ve interviewed him on as a business journalist, equipped him to handle foreign policy, especially with issues as sensitive as the sea dispute with China.
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Struggling not to hate my Blackberry
My Blackberry has been driving me nuts since I first held it in June 2011. It feels old, it’s clunky, unintuitive, and lacks battery power. It’s a smartphone that does not make me smart.
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Breeding ground
A source from the financial sector once told me about his concept of the Philippines as a “Farm Economy.” No, he wasn’t talking about agriculture. He was talking about nurses and maids.
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In the company of Bill Clinton
I would like to claim I was in the same room with him, or walked the same red carpet as he did. But of course, that would be no less than a dream. Reality is, I was included by Toby Webb, founding editor of Ethical Corporation, in their 15 Best of the Best list of…
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Intimidation
It was an interview that lasted for more than four hours—10am to 2:15pm, to be exact. The first hour was spent with the former general and the talkative lawyer basically taking over. The reason for their presence was obvious: to intimidate us.
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I was tagged
People who are tagged need to write on their own blog about 7 random habits/facts about themselves. Here are mine.
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Libel in Manila
Last March 7, 2007, I was a certified fugitive. That Wednesday, I was in Cavite Export Processing Zone doing several interviews when I received a barrage of text messages warning me not to go to the office because an arrest warrant was being served arising from the libel case filed in 2005 by Chavit Singson,…
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Hello WordPress, goodbye Multiply
It has been a fruitful 3 years with Multiply, then the easiest and most user-friendly blog application. In keeping with my current theme of moving house, I am also making a big move in my virtual house. Hello, Wordpress. Goodbye, Multiply.
Lala Rimando 