To start the congress, there was Dr. Bradley Freeman from Nanyang Technological University who gave his thoughts on the role of media in the global marketplace. It was followed by the talk of Mr. Ed Karlon Rama who discussed about peace and conflict resolution which again, media is part of. Also, Atty. Michael Toledo from PHILEX Mining Company gave information about media engagement in crisis communication. As an example, he shared the company’s sentiments on the negative issues that they’ve been receiving. Atty. Toledo was then followed by one of the successful alumnus of PUP who’s one of the anchors of TV Patrol – Mr. Ted Failon. His topic focused on conflict stories. He took a certain episode of his weekly program Failon Ngayon as an example. Surely, he’s one of the bravest media personalities I’ve known. As he spoke, I’ve seen in him how dedicated he is to his work, as he tries his best to be of help to eliminate the problems of the nation. By the way, he had shared the stage with GMA-7’s Senior News Correspondent, Steve Dailisan on the open forum. (Kind of awkward I guess, as they come from different media firms. Though Steve lighten the awkward feels when he said “May Kapuso, may Kapamilya pero parehong PUPian.”) On the latter part of the congress, Mr. Nathaniel Cruz commonly known as Mang Tani, was the one who led the talk on media as a tool for disaster preparedness. I was fortunate enough to get the chance to ask him a question. (Ok. I’ll be having another blog post which will be more elaborative focusing on this part. Since that blog post would be more of my fangirl side, I decided not to bring it up in this post. Anyway, pardon me for getting giddy and all but I hope you understand my fangirling hormones. Thank you.) Papa Jack was the moderator for Mang Tani’s session. So my question was about the projects or studies which can help in preparing for disasters in our country. He replied that there are many studies that are being made to give solutions to disaster-related problems but it is not an easy job and it should be continuous. Kara David was the next to speak. She shared her experiences during coverage of children in difficult situations. She never fails to amaze me with her “lectures”. I always learn from her whenever she gives talks. (The first time I heard her was during the Learniversity at PUP). The last three speakers were Mr. Juan Armando Rojo of Public Relations Society of the Philippines (Responsible Media for National Development); Mr. Jose Enrique Africa of IBON Foundation (Advocacy Research: The IBON Foundation experience); and Atty. Nepomuceno Malaluan, Co-convenor of Acess to Information Network (Status of Freedom of Information Bill).

The day was filled with fun and learning. It has replaced the tears that fell down from my eyes brought about by stress from the weeks that had passed due to requirements that have yet to be accomplished. Looking forward to more events like this. To end this post, let me share to you these photos:

To start the congress, there was Dr. Bradley Freeman from Nanyang Technological University who gave his thoughts on the role of media in the global marketplace. It was followed by the talk of Mr. Ed Karlon Rama who discussed about peace and conflict resolution which again, media is part of. Also, Atty. Michael Toledo from PHILEX Mining Company gave information about media engagement in crisis communication. As an example, he shared the company’s sentiments on the negative issues that they’ve been receiving. Atty. Toledo was then followed by one of the successful alumnus of PUP who’s one of the anchors of TV Patrol – Mr. Ted Failon. His topic focused on conflict stories. He took a certain episode of his weekly program Failon Ngayon as an example. Surely, he’s one of the bravest media personalities I’ve known. As he spoke, I’ve seen in him how dedicated he is to his work, as he tries his best to be of help to eliminate the problems of the nation. By the way, he had shared the stage with GMA-7’s Senior News Correspondent, Steve Dailisan on the open forum. (Kind of awkward I guess, as they come from different media firms. Though Steve lighten the awkward feels when he said “May Kapuso, may Kapamilya pero parehong PUPian.”) On the latter part of the congress, Mr. Nathaniel Cruz commonly known as Mang Tani, was the one who led the talk on media as a tool for disaster preparedness. I was fortunate enough to get the chance to ask him a question. (Ok. I’ll be having another blog post which will be more elaborative focusing on this part. Since that blog post would be more of my fangirl side, I decided not to bring it up in this post. Anyway, pardon me for getting giddy and all but I hope you understand my fangirling hormones. Thank you.) Papa Jack was the moderator for Mang Tani’s session. So my question was about the projects or studies which can help in preparing for disasters in our country. He replied that there are many studies that are being made to give solutions to disaster-related problems but it is not an easy job and it should be continuous. Kara David was the next to speak. She shared her experiences during coverage of children in difficult situations. She never fails to amaze me with her “lectures”. I always learn from her whenever she gives talks. (The first time I heard her was during the Learniversity at PUP). The last three speakers were Mr. Juan Armando Rojo of Public Relations Society of the Philippines (Responsible Media for National Development); Mr. Jose Enrique Africa of IBON Foundation (Advocacy Research: The IBON Foundation experience); and Atty. Nepomuceno Malaluan, Co-convenor of Acess to Information Network (Status of Freedom of Information Bill).

The day was filled with fun and learning. It has replaced the tears that fell down from my eyes brought about by stress from the weeks that had passed due to requirements that have yet to be accomplished. Looking forward to more events like this. To end this post, let me share to you these photos: