Blog Title: Rising Sun: Personal Blog of Danny Arao

Announcements for my November 25 and 26 classes

November 25 (Tuesday) J 122 TUV (Publication Design and Layout): We will analyze the design and layout of the selected magazines you were assigned to bring. In discussing your respective magazines, kindly follow the outline I gave you last November 11. J 122 TWX (Publication Design and Layout): Same instructions as J 122 TUV. November 26 (Wednesday) J 117 read more..

My views on entertainment journalism

N.B. - While preparing for my trip to Jakarta, a student from De La Salle University emailed three questions about entertainment journalism. Allow me to share with you my short answers. What do you think about celebrity journalism nowadays (both local and in Hollywood)? If by “celebrity journalism” you refer to the aspect of entertainment journalism that read more..

Sirko bilang siklo’t simbolo

N.B. - This was published in the November 14-20, 2008 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://www.pinoyweekly.org/cms/2008/11/sirko-bilang-siklo%E2%80%99t-simbolo. Nakakainip, nakakainis, nakakatawa’t nakakaawa. Ang ating kinabukasa’y bolang pinagpapasa-pasahan ng mga payaso sa loob ng sirko. Sa likod ng kanilang makulay na kasuotan ay ang kanilang maitim na hangarin. Ang ngiti sa read more..

Announcements for my November 18 and 19 classes

ALL STUDENTS: Please keep in mind that classes ALWAYS start on time. November 18 (Tuesday) J 122 TUV (Publication Design and Layout): I will be in Jakarta so we will not have a class. Don’t forget to bring the magazine you are assigned to evaluate on November 25 (Tuesday). J 122 TWX (Publication Design and Layout): Same instructions read more..

My views on citizen journalism, TV Patrol, Imbestigador

N.B. - A campus journalist emailed some questions regarding citizen journalism and a particular television show that engages in exposes. Allow me to share with you my answers. How would you define citizen journalism? Citizen journalism is providing media audiences the opportunity to practice the profession. One may say that it is a mechanism to empower the read more..

Komplikasyon sa simpleng blotter

N.B. - This was published in the November 7-13, 2008 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://www.pinoyweekly.org/cms/2008/11/komplikasyon-sa-simpleng-blotter. Incidentally, my views on this column article’s topic were published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s news story (7 November 2008, pp. 1, A10) titled “Police blotter now off limits to read more..

My views on libel, Internet defamation

N.B. - Allow me to share with you the short answers I gave to three emailed questions by a Filipino journalist pursuing graduate studies abroad. She is currently doing research on libel and Internet defamation. Have the Philippine courts been consistent in interpreting and applying libel laws? Allow me to start with a caveat: I am not read more..

Regalo sa iyong ika-40 kaarawan

N.B. - This was published in the October 31-November 6, 2008 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://www.pinoyweekly.org/cms/2008/10/regalo-sa-iyong-ika40-kaarawan. Para sa iyo, madaling isulat ang mga bagay na hindi kayang panindigan. Dahil nagtatrabaho ka sa bangko, alam mong may mga taong hindi tumutupad sa kanilang mga pangako, kahit na read more..

Huwag ka lang sanang magsulat

N.B. - This was published in the October 24-30, 2008 issue of Pinoy Weekly, the full text of which may also be retrieved from http://www.pinoyweekly.org/cms/2008/10/huwag-ka-lang-sanang-magsulat. Kahit na marunong kang bumasa, kaya mo bang umintindi? Nakakakita ka nga pero nagmamasid ka ba? Ang nasa utak mo ba’y produkto ng malalimang pag-iisip? Ang iyo bang panulat ay kayang read more..

12 rules for (funny) sign-making

Yes, my funny signs project is back with a vengeance! A former student of mine, Bianca Consunji, emailed a few months ago 38 pictures of funny signs. Some of them have been used in previous posts, and there are a few that have been circulated in e-groups. For this installment, allow me to present what I would read more..