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Ban alcohol ads on NYC trains and buses, urge advocates, residents
More than 50 community advocates, faith leaders, public health practitioners, and young people joined together at City Hall on June 29 to call for the removal of alcohol advertising from NYC public transit. This event – organized by the Building Alcohol Ad-Free Transit (BAAFT) campaign – kicked off a series of activities that BAAFT and […]
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NYC announces $1M grant to support training of community and ethnic journalists
Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) Commissioner Julie Menin and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism (J-School) Dean Sarah Bartlett announced on June 27 the grant of $1 million to the J-School to create new programs to help New York City’s community and ethnic media outlets stay competitive in the current media landscape. This funding […]
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Bullied for ‘being different,’ young FilAm is now an aspiring journalist
By Rhea Panela I am a first-generation Filipino-American, who is entering my fourth and final year at the University of Washington in Seattle. Following my passion for storytelling, I veered away from the pre-nursing route my parents had envisioned for me and applied to the small but competitive major of journalism. I also picked up […]
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After 4 decades in China, Jaime FlorCruz is almost ready with his book
By Cristina DC Pastor He spoke perfect Tagalog in dulcet tones I have not heard of in a very long time since my Bulacan-born father passed away in 2007. That was my first impression of Jaime FlorCruz, CNN’s former Beijing bureau chief, when we met for drinks at a laid-back bar on West 39th. He […]
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FilAm journalists issue statement on Rodrigo Duterte’s accusation that murdered journalists were corrupt
We, the Filipino-American Press Club of New York, view with serious concern the recent statements made by incoming President Rodrigo Duterte about the killing of journalists in the Philippines. During a press briefing on May 31, Mr. Duterte made the following statements when asked what he plans to do to stop the killing of journalists […]
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How pop culture, social media played a role in Halalan 2016
By Joel David When it comes to popular culture trends, the Philippines appears to be mimicking its former colonizer, the US, in some ways, and leading it in other ways, usually by resisting or overturning the trends the latter sets. The recently concluded presidential election provides fertile ground to study these older possibilities as well […]
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In a city where I am now able to speak freely
By Jeanette Bocobo Marco Now that I have been in America in general and New York City specifically for four months, I have an opportunity to compare life here to the past 15 years I spent in the United Arab Emirates. As you may guess, when I first arrived in New York City there was […]
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You’re not lost, just back where you started
By Rene Pastor In a way, I felt like the Tom Hanks character Chuck Noland in “Cast Away.” He clicks the lights on and off in the hotel room while sprawled on the floor beside the bed, reassuring himself that he is back among the living after spending years stranded in the middle of the […]
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Hail The FilAm (on its 5th year). May it live forever!
By Cristina DC Pastor On the Ides of March when Julius Caesar was assassinated, Rome was thrown into the chaos of a civil war. The FilAm, which is celebrating its fifth year on March 15, is nowhere close to that dire day in Roman history. The only thing The FilAm shares with the great Caesar […]