BORACAY,
MALAY-The Publishers Association of the Philippines Inc. (PAPI) joining hand
with Boracay Global Press Corps. (BGPC) set the Global Media Convention on
December 8-10.
Global Media Convention underscored
the Global Media Forum and the 16th National Press Congress with the
centrepiece theme, “Changing Face of the Asian Media”.
Over 500 delegates and participants
were exposed to best practices in media industry and were enabled to interact
with and gain knowledge form the expert lecturers. Media practitioners,
communicators and enthusiasts both local and foreign gathered in the convention
centre of Boracay Regency Hotel.
Promoted by PAPI as pursuant to
Presidential Proclamation No. 1187 declaring every December as National Press
Congress Month and Community Press Month in the service of the Nation, the
convergence was attended by famous personalities in the field of journalism.
“We have invited noted speakers and
resource persons from the United Nations and other established institutions to
address the media event”, Mr. Louie T. Arriola, BGPC Vice President and
Convention Chairman said, recently released by The Publishers.
In the other hand, the start
of the Global Media Convention was lauded with the closing of its related media
event, the Communication Expo 2011 by the National Commission for Culture and
the Arts (NCCA).
During the opening of the media convention, Senator Edgardo J.
Angara, Chairman in Committee on Education, Arts, and Culture addressed to the
delegates and participants present in the said event.
Meanwhile, His Excellency Dato Seri
Dr. Ibrahim Saad, Malaysian Ambassador to the Philippines quoted that media
plays a big role in promoting tourism. Thus, he also stressed that it affects
individual perception and that freedom or press shall be twinned with sense of
responsibility. His Excellency, in the other hand, gave complements to the
island of Boracay.
The president of the collaborative
ICT Services Division of the Information Capital Technology Ventures Inc., Mr.
Tim Diaz de Rivera tackled the Global Trends in Digital Media stressing that
Steve Jobs has changed a lot the era of Technology-the online experiences was
changed by Digital Media, its future and landscape was collaborated in the
Global Trends.
“You can have newspaper without
democracy, but you cannot have democracy without newspaper”, dazzling statement
casted by Ms. Belinda Cunanan, controversial Newspaper Columnist, during her
discussion in Drawing the Line of Profit, Public Interest, and Ethics.
Dr. Rene Guioguio, Political and
Communication Adviser of the International Committee of the Red Cross gave
stand in humanitarian reporting and Protection of Journalists.
Mr. Chito Sta Romana, former Beijing
bureau Chief for ABC News and Emmy Award winning journalist, shared insights in
Innovative paradigms in New Media Operations. Sta Romana also shared his story
during his stay in China for more than 30 years.
Mr. Ethan Sun, Deputy Chief of
Politic section of the embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the
Philippines clashed over Social Networking as a New Media Dimension.
Ambassador Rigoberto Tiglao, Philippine
Daily Inquirer’s columnist and multi-awarded journalist, urged Media Content as
a critical Factor in Sustainable Revenue generation.
Mr. Rey Langit, KBP National Capital
Region chairman and pioneer of ABS-CBN’s Radio Patrol, assets during the second
evening of the convergence.
Adapting to the global change in
media trends with new forms of media, journalists must learn to foster the
sense of flexibility in the crossroad of change.*Joefell Francis Balagosa
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