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Jose Antonio Vargas: ‘If you think I’m not Filipino that’s your problem, that’s not mine’
By Cristina DC Pastor Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and undocumented immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas did not enter the Pan de Sal bake shop for the March 29 Kapihan forum of the Filipino American Press Club of New York. He bounced into it. A cup of coffee in one hand and two thin books under his arm, […]
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The FilAm at 2: The rocks and the horse in our blogging life
Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm turned 2 on March 15, a blogging toddler that is starting to come into its own. Ours is a modest growth. Just like my niece, Aris Pastor, who when she was 2, was just starting to form words. Our gains in the last two years mirror the development of my […]
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The FilAm writer wins ethnic media award
Freelance reporter Ryan Gajudo Macasero was chosen one of four Emerging Youth Voice awardees by the New America Media for a personal essay on overcoming depression he had written for The FilAm. Ryan and dozens of awardees will be honored March 7th at the 2013 NAM Ethnic Media Awards for Southern California, honoring exceptional journalism […]
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Why Ryan Songalia’s heart belongs in the Philippines
By Ryan Songalia Admittedly, I’d rather be writing this essay from the warm, tropical surroundings of Manila than the arctic environs of New York City in February. Since my first trip to “the Motherland” in December of 2010, my heart has been torn between my native New Jersey and the Philippines. As time has gone […]
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Sheila Coronel says Newsweek business model is ‘obsolete’
By Cristina DC Pastor Investigative journalism is finding itself increasingly orphaned by dwindling funds and the evaporation of support by major news organizations that are becoming leery of lawsuits and pressure tactics. Sheila Coronel, the executive director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at Columbia University, said that despite the increase of investigative journalism […]
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Why protecting the Internet is our responsibility, too, as FilAms
By Ryan Gajudo Macasero January 18 was Internet Freedom Day, a milestone for websites and netizens around the world. Last year, many netizens showed their solidarity by protesting proposed legislation that would restrict our access to certain sites. They showed their anger by showing black screens in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) […]
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Newspaper publisher responds to trafficking charges
By Bert Pelayo You may have heard about a civil action filed against my daughter for alleged unpaid wages and false imprisonment. In a puzzling twist, Linda and I were also named defendants. Even more puzzling is the fact that the Philippine Consulate employee who brought her here legally as a domestic worker was not […]
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Human trafficking charges filed vs newspaper publisher’s family
By Cristina DC Pastor Two couples from New York, including a newspaper publisher, are being sued for human trafficking by a woman who filed charges of forced labor and false imprisonment against them. Rosenda Millabangco Gonzaga sued Joy and Chris McCarthy and Linda and Bert Pelayo, in Manhattan Federal Court, according to a report in […]
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Newsweek editor Tita Dioso Gillespie, 70
Teresita “Tita” Dioso Gillespie, a longtime editor at “Newsweek” magazine, died on December 18 at the Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Maryland, after suffering several complications following a heart attack a few weeks ago. She was 70 and is survived by her husband of 42 years, Brette Gillespie, a retired Navy officer. Ms. Gillespie […]