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‘New York City is my office now’
By Cristina DC Pastor Two major changes in Dia Dipasupil’s life happened one after the other. She wanted to shift career from IT to photography, and also yearned to change her gender. Today, she is a sought-after celebrity photographer for Getty Images – a true New York paparazzo. She has also completed gender reassignment and […]
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Connie Chung commends ethnic media; Ippies winners announced
When Connie Chung’s father, an intelligence officer under Chiang Kai Shek, fled his native China, his main source of news in the U.S. was the Chinese language newspapers. The TV journalist said her father spoke little English, but through the Chinese ethnic press, he kept himself informed about what was going on in China […]
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Facebook is boring
By Jean Charisse Arboleda I don’t like Facebook. Ok, ok, I can feel your collective gasps of disbelief and looks of disapproval as I say or write the unspeakable. My dilemma is being oblivious or simply not caring that I’m in a dilemma by not having an FB account. I just spent less than 10 […]
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Happy 1st birthday, ‘The FilAm’
By Cristina DC Pastor On March 15, 2011, my last day as managing editor of Philippine News, The FilAm online magazine went live. The idea has been bouncing around my head for a while, but I wasn’t quite sure where to take it. I’ve always known that Filipinos would like to read something different, but […]
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‘The FilAm’ a finalist in New Media women start-up competition
WASHINGTON D.C. — Four public-service news ideas – from a site that compares local health costs and a tablet app for news comics, to a western North Carolina investigative news site, and a fast-growing LGBT site based in Seattle – each won a $14,000 award to develop their projects in the coming year. The award […]
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‘Don’t know how she does it
By Maricar CP Hampton Former FOX-5 reporter Ernabel Demillo is doing a fine juggling act, teaching journalism and practicing it, running a sporting goods business and raising an energetic 8-year-old daughter who dashes from a sleepover to a spa party. Wait, there’s more: She sits on the board of the Coalition for American Children Families […]
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Vargas, millionairess-in-waiting and the Top 10 stories for 2011
By Cristina DC Pastor The year 2011 has been an exciting one for Filipinos in New York. Although TheFilAm.net came by only in March, we were with you for most of the year and reported on the milestones of our lives as a community. Here is our list of Top 10 stories. Purely from a […]
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They came, they ate, they formed a press club
By Elton Lugay Members of the FilAm media gathered September 1 for Max’s Eat All You can Chicken press launch for what promised to be a marathon eating contest. Max’s in Jersey City is slated to launch its EAYCC promo from September 6 to 30 and sort of dared journalists to see how much chicken […]
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Writing for free need not be the future for journalists
By Cristina DC Pastor Founding Editor The FilAm Six months – and more than 40,000 unique views – later, we at The FilAm are ready to talk business. We’re now prepared to take on advertising from people who want their message and products to reach the vast, dynamic network of Filipinos, numbering anywhere from 150,000 […]