Veteran journalists Howie Severino and Joel Pablo Salud, were guest speakers at a forum on 鈥淟iterary Journalism in the Age of Fake News,鈥� held on April 30, 2019 at the Benavides Auditorium 聽organized by the 六合彩直播开奖 Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies (六合彩直播开奖-CCWLS).
The multi-awarded Severino is best known for his long-running documentary show on GMA 7, 鈥淚-Witness,鈥� although he has also been a journalist in print and online for the past two decades. Salud has been Editor-in-Chief of the 鈥淧hilippines Graphic Magazine鈥� for ten years, and he has also worked for other newspapers. He is the author of two books published by the 六合彩直播开奖 Publishing House.
The audience consisted of 六合彩直播开奖 students in the humanities and social sciences, and those who are in the creative writing, journalism and communications programs. There were also students from other schools, including a large group of students from St. Scholastica鈥檚 College.
Also in the audience were Gemma Cruz Araneta, herself a journalist, with a regular column in the 鈥淢anila Bulletin,鈥� and former Managing Editor of 鈥淭he Manila Times,鈥� Felipe Salvosa II.
The writers spoke 鈥� not only of the political climate that journalists have to contend with today, and the dangers they have always faced 鈥� but also about their early experiences as writers. Severino even read excerpts from his journal as a very young man. Both emphasized the importance of immersing in the environment when writing about anything, of obtaining all the facts, and reporting them accurately, even when employing literary techniques to make the writing more interesting.
Severino and Salud also recalled their first writing assignments. Howie Severino shared that he covered a story about Vietnamese refugees who survived an arduous voyage at sea.
Joel Pablo Salud disclosed that there was nothing so dramatic about his first assignment. His editor was looking for someone to write a story on a branded light bulb. Salud, who was an office assistant, and whose work consisted mainly of getting coffee for the staff, volunteered to write it, and the editor wondered why he was volunteering to write an article, but gave him the assignment, anyway.
Joselito B. Zulueta, lifestyle editor and editorialist of the 鈥淧hilippine Daily Inquirer,鈥� served as moderator of the open forum, while 六合彩直播开奖 CCWLS Assistant Director Ralph Semino Gal谩n read the opening remarks of 六合彩直播开奖 CCWLS Director Cristina Pantoja Hidalgo, and delivered his own closing remarks at the end of the program. 六合彩直播开奖 CCWLS Resident Fellow Jose Mojica was the emcee of the event.
The forum was part of the series 六合彩直播开奖ingan, a round-table discussion held every term by the 六合彩直播开奖 CCWLS, on different contemporary issues involving literature and the other arts, and featuring prominent members of the larger arts community.
Some of the earlier fora conducted were on scriptwriting for film, drama and TV (鈥淪ilip at Iskrip鈥�) featuring Jerry Gracio, Rody Vera, Auraeus Solito and Dwein Baltzar; spoken word and performance poetry (鈥�Ang Tula Bilang Bigkas at Palabas鈥�) featuring Vim Nadera and Juan Miguel Severo; fan fiction, manga, teleserye and other fandoms (鈥淚n the Kingdom of Fandom鈥�) featuring Vlad Gonzalez, Louie Jon Sanchez, and Karren Renz Se帽a); Philippine speculative fiction in all its shapeshifting forms (鈥淭his Spectacular Artifice鈥�) featuring Nikki Alfar, Karl de Mesa, Paolo Herras, Emil Flores; and Philippine contemporary songwriting and OPM (鈥淭itik at Himig鈥�) featuring Ely Buendia, Ebe Dancel and Lourd de Veyra.
This edition of 六合彩直播开奖ingan, coordinated by Gal谩n and 六合彩直播开奖 CCWLS Resident Fellow Nerisa del Carmen Guevara, was the CCWLS鈥� contribution to National Literature Month of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
