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Filipino Reporter publisher, ex-war correspondent Bert Pelayo, 78
The community grieves the passing of Libertito Pelayo, the editor and publisher of the Filipino Reporter. Established in 1972, the Reporter is a weekly newspaper that has served Filipino Americans in the New York area for more than four decades, an important source of public service information, news and entertainment about Filipinos in the Tri-State. […]
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Do we now live in a world where people can get killed for their comedy?
Filipino American artists and comedians are trying to make sense of the murder of Charlie Hebdo cartoonists and their editor allegedly by terror elements. Charlie Hebdo is the irreverent magazine in France that is known to satirize politics and religion and other institutions that are symbols of stodgy Establishment. The magazine has published caricatures of […]
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Community reacts to massacre in Paris: ‘No easy answers’
The terror attack that killed a dozen people, including five journalists from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, drew comments from the Filipino American community. We are sharing some interesting ones here.
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‘The FilAm’ welcomes intern John Sapida
By Cristina DC Pastor Graduate student John Sapida of The New School will be joining the magazine as an intern for the spring semester. This is the first time The FilAm will be engaging the reporting skills of a student sent by his school for on-the-ground training. Currently, John, 22, is pursuing a Master of […]
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Maria Ressa to host TOFA-NY as De Blasio calls FilAms ‘invaluable’ to city
By Cristina DC Pastor Journalist and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa will host the fourth The Outstanding Filipino Americans in New York (TOFA-NY), as Mayor Bill de Blasio offered his congratulations to the annual event celebrating Filipino American History Month. TOFA-NY is an independent search for exemplary FilAms in the New York metropolitan area. Voting is […]
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Jersey dad creates ‘Phil the Fil-Am’ cartoon to help teach his kids Tagalog
A South Jersey father of four who wants his children to learn Philippine culture is creating a language-focused animation inspired by “Dora the Explorer.” David Asis is doing a pilot of “Phil the Fil-Am” in the hope of teaching his children – son Michael, who is 4 years old, and triplet daughters Gabriella, Kayla and […]
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Makilala TV celebrates milestone, looks forward to Year 2 with bigger shows
By Cristina DC Pastor Makilala TV, the first Filipino American television talk show in New York, celebrated its one-year anniversary with a July 19 taping at its home studio at Queens Public Television (QPTV) in Flushing. The three hosts, Jen Furer, Rachelle Ocampo, and Cristina DC Pastor, presented a one-hour program with animated discussions on […]
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Watchdogging the Filipino American Community: An Investigative Reporting Project
THE FILAM online magazine takes reporting to the next level: an Investigative Reporting Project for the Filipino American community in New York area. The following crowdfunding campaign is live until July 21, 2014 on Indiegogo. Why I am asking for your support After three years, THE FILAM would like to take its reporting to the […]
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The mainstream press will not tell the immigrants’ stories: Ippies Awards speakers
Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas called on the mainstream media to tell more of the stories of the country’s immigrant population. At the same time, he urged anew The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and other newspapers to drop the use of the word “illegal” in their reporting of immigrants who […]