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Selected ABMC 4 students attended a seminar in Makati City

What: Press Conference on THE PRESS, THE ELECTIONS, AND THE ROLE OF NEW MEDIA
When: August 26, 2009
Where: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Makati City
Sponsored by : Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP)
Speaker: SHEILA CORONEL, Director, Center for Investigative Journalism, Columbia University;
founder and former Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)
Who: Selected ABMC 4 students (RJ MALLARI, MARJORIE CRISTOBAL, HAZZEL DUMANDAN, CRIS BALINGIT, and PAUL ADRIAN HENSON
Registration Fee: FREE
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Cris Balingit, Hazzel Dumandan, Marjorie Cristobal, SHEILA CORONEL, Paul Adrian Henson and RJ Mallari

Marj with Howie Severino

Photos during the International Convention in UP

AB Comm. 3 students who participated on the convention: Sucha, Kim, Cai, Crystal, Candice, Shaine, Paul, Kate, Meeca, Bianca, Grace, Dominique, Elaine, Pau, Cherry, Klim, Justine, Darren and Robert.

King Jim, Cai and Candice

Cai, Crystal and King Jim

Shaine, Crystal and Cai

Virgie Bautista with Mr. Rico Hizon and Mr. Alex Baltazar

RJ with Ms Sol Aragones

Miles Cabatingan (ABMC 4) with Ms Karen Davila

Paul Henson (ABMC 4) with Mr. Rico Hizon

RJ with Ms Kara David

Ms. Virgie Bautista presented the plaque of recognition to Mr. Rico Hizon. Beside Mr. Hizon is Mr. Alex Baltazar, ICCS Managing Director

Photo credits: Cai Cuyugan (AB Comm. 3), RJ Mallari and Jonathan Barrera (ABMC 4)

SAMASKOM members Met with Media Practitioners at an International Convention

What: Participation on the 1st INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON MEDIA EDUCATION
When: August 8, 2009
Where: UP Film Institute, Diliman,Quezon City
Who: 99 AB Comm. / ABMC students and 4 faculty members
Organizer: International Center for Communication Studies (ICCS)
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SPEAKERS DURING THE CONVENTION:

KAREN DAVILA, News Presenter/Host, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.
Lecture: Climbing up the Journalism Ladder

MARK FRANCIS, Executive Producer, The Discovery Channel
Lecture: Documentary Making: The Discovery Way

RICO HIZON, News Presenter, World Business Report, BBC World
Lecture: International Broadcast Journalism

ROLLY NG, Senior Video Journalist, Reuters Television
Lecture: The Camera man and his Tools, Skills and Responsibilities

BOY ABUNDA, Entertainment Host, ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp.
Lecture: Credibility on Entertainment Reporting

KARA DAVID, News Producer/ Host, GMA Network
Lecture: Journalism as Public Service

Program Hosts:
SOL ARAGONES, MARK SALAZAR, and SUSAN ENRIQUEZ

Photo credit: JONATHAN BARRERA, ABMC 4 and RJ MALLARI, ABMC 4

Charles' PowerPoint presentation during the conference

LIVING IN THE WORLD OF WARCRAFT: Construction of Virtual Identities among Online Gamers

SAMASKOM member presented his thesis in an International Conference

What: A SAMASKOM alumnus presented his thesis in an international conference
Who: JUNG, DEA-WOUNG (ABMC BAtch 2009)
Where: Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi, India
When: July 14,2009 [18th AMIC (Asian Media Information and Communication Centre)
Annual Conference

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Mary Jane Olidan went to India to witness Charles' presentation

Charles with me as his thesis adviser :-)

We met some Filipinos during the conference: Ms Elaine Llarena (based in Australia), Ms Ivy Alcantara (based in Singapore) and Ms Chichi Robles (past president of PACE )

Charles and I before the thesis presentation --- practice, practice, practice!