RamblingDyna

My company, Inquirer.net, a 24/7 Philippine online news site, beat 80 other media and marketing organizations at a national ethnic media event in Atlanta recently. Click on title link for my complete news story. P.S. I just signed up on www.condron.us, an online blog channel surfing site which posts the latest blogs. Instead of sifting through blog posts, blog entries are shown for a couple of seconds consecutively. Like a remote control, just click on the post to capture and read in its entirety.

The last day of the National Ethnic Media Expo was the day where publishers and media folks display their work and network. There were approximately 80 tables showcasing newspapers, magazines, and brochures of the various ethnic publications. Television and radio were also present, as well as online where my company was the minority. This is my first attendance and my company’s fourth. I heard this year was a smaller turnout compared to past expos, especially last year’s New York, which had the largest attendance. But it’s still encouraging that know that tight economy did not quell or discourage editorial passion. I didn’t think I would know anyone at this national event. Was I surprised when I saw my college journalism professor, Juan Gonzales, present a video that chronicled 200 year history of Latino papers in the U.S. His table was located across from my company's table, Inquirer.net, and my boss pointed me out to him as one of his former students. When he ca...