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Shock, praise over journalist’s immigration tell-all
By Maricar CP Hampton & Cristina DC Pastor Pulitzer Award winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas, who confessed to being an undocumented immigrant in a New York Times essay, was at the Philippine Consulate in New York June 22 for a private meeting with immigration lawyers. He or any of the lawyers from Filipino-American Legal and […]
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Writing, theater and always the two shall meet
By Maricar CP Hampton The first Filipino — and first Asian — to win the Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism, Randy Gener talks about doors opening to a wind gust of awards, honors and opportunities, including editing a newspaper in the Prague. TF: How has it been for you since winning the Nathan Award in […]
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‘I’m still working on the mom thing’
By Elton Lugay With a new partner, Kristine Johnson continues to anchor the evening news and punch up ratings for CBS 2. TF: What prompted the reshuffle at CBS News? KJ: My former co-anchor Chris Wragge was given an enormous opportunity to host “The Early Show” on CBS. Maurice DuBois was in turn moved from […]
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‘Hard to say who’s a journalist now’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo Sheila Coronel is director of the Columbia University Graduate School’s Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism. TF: I’m sure there’s a lot, but can you discuss just one notable project of the Stabile Center. SC: One of the stories that started out as a school project won the Polk Award. […]
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Hustled his way to hip hop journalism
By Andrea Stephanie McPherson Pharoh Martin, the online editor of Radio One, survived the economic downturn by quickly making the Giant leap from print to Internet. Major New York entertainment publications have been suffering the brunt of the economic decline and the transition in popularity from print to online media. Despite this downswing, writer Pharoh […]
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‘Anyone with a mike, a computer and an idea can podcast’
By Cristina DC Pastor; TF photo New York Times freelance podcast producer Jocelyn Gonzales touts the charm of podcasting and why potentially 60 million listeners is a market too huge to ignore. TF: Do you see a lot of Filipino podcasts? JG: I’d look sometimes. My parents refused to let us speak Tagalog so I […]