Troops getting younger
Posted by Jaime K. Pimentel on 3/30/09 • Filed under Youth · 
Workshop instructor Michelle Baltazar, seated centre, is flanked from left by Richard Ford, Assueela Thanapongsakorn and Ania Aquino. Standing is Tom Baena
Young journos joined the second workshop of the Filipino Press Group of Sydney at the Corregidor Centre in Rooty Hill yesterday, Sunday, March 29.
The workshop, News and Feature Writing Basics, was conducted by Financial Standard editor Michelle Baltazar.
Topics, among many, included interviewing techniques, negotiating the subjective, descriptions, titles, timing, the intro, the ”who-what-where-when”, news writing errors to avoid, and references.
Delegates were each presented a ‘Certificate of Attendance’ immediately after the workshop concluded at 1pm.
In attendance were young journalists Ania Aquino and Ausseela Thanapongsakorn, and public relations officers Tom Baena and Richard Ford.
The press group’s next workshop will be conducted by Emanila.com publisher- founder Romy Cayabyab on the subject of New Media and Its Increasing Impact on Today’s Newspaper Industry. It will be held 10am-12.30pm on Sunday, April 26, at the Corregidor Centre in Rooty Hill. #
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Are these workshops open to the public? How do I register for the workshops? salamat.
Eduardo M – We checked with Romy Cayabyab who is going to run the workshop for Filpress and we were informed that the next workshop will be on the last Sunday of April. The workshop is an introductory course on the New Media for journalists and writers. You may wish to contact him.