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Jasmine Ting: The ‘probinsyana’ has come a long way
New York City was but a pipe dream for someone who was raised in the small, northern Philippine city of Tuguegarao. Jasmine Arielle Ting never imagined she’d end up thousands of miles away from her hometown, nor did she ever think she’d be working as a features journalist in the Big Apple at 24. She […]
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Emilia David carves her own space as a business journalist
If you ask a young Emilia David what she would be doing by the time she was 30, she would have probably said a ballet dancer. But that didn’t end up her path. Instead, she followed in the footsteps of great women in her family: She became a journalist. Emilia, 34, is a reporter who […]
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Journalism loses a home
With thousands of newspapers around the country closing, merging, or downsizing, it is just a matter of time when Newseum will write 30. On December 31, 2019, a museum in Washington D.C. that held space for journalism and the important protections of the First Amendment, closed its doors after 11 years. Photographs and memorabilia of […]
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ON GLOBAL FILIPINOS: In memory of my dear friend Nelson Navarro
By Loida Nicolas Lewis “The pen is mightier than the sword.” Never is that maxim more true than in the life of our dear friend Nelson Navarro. We were all shocked upon hearing that Nelson passed away a few weeks ago! I am glad that his younger brother Genghis is here with us today. Nelson […]
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John Jay Cabuay illustrates Bob Marley book
On the last year of his master’s program at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), John Jay Cabuay got an offer from his agent: “Bob Marley’s daughter, Cedella, is doing a children’s book and is really interested in your illustrations.” Despite his busy school schedule as a student and a teacher, and fatherhood, John Jay […]
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‘We were on the same side of the barricade. We will always remain close’ (Part 2)
By Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm: When you see the situation in Hong Kong, what goes through your mind? Eric Baculinao: All youth movements in history have always been driven by a strong sense of idealism. That’s true for the Hong Kong protest movement or even other earlier movements in Chinese history. It’s true for […]
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Eric Baculinao: First Quarter Storm memories and 48 years in China (Part 1)
By Cristina DC Pastor BEIJING – Almost half a century ago, he was the fiery leader of the Kabataang Makabayan. Eric Baculinao has had an interesting odyssey from the barricades of the Diliman Commune in the 1970s to winning an Emmy Award for NBC where he is still the Beijing bureau chief. Eric, 68, is […]
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Comics artist Leinil Yu: ‘Practice is everything’
By Wendell Gaa It’s not every day that one can claim the honor of being a full-time employed artist for Marvel Comics, but that is exactly who Leinil Yu is. A penciller and artist by profession, Yu is responsible for designing Marvel’s newest superhero, a Filipina named Pearl Pangan A.K.A Wave. A statuesque beauty from […]
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Grants available to fund women-led projects in music, media
The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) and New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) announced on July 10 that applications are open for NYC Women’s Fund for Media, Music and Theatre. The $5 million grant program launched last year and awarded a total of $1.5 million to 63 film, digital and theatre projects […]