Copyediting for the moderate prescriptivist Monday, January 17, 2011
The Pro Pinoy Project's Niña Terol-Zialcita asked me last night to give a Top 5 list of the best sites for writing, copyediting, and grammar tips.
Labels: AP Stylebook, Arts, Chicago Manual of Style, Copy editing, Copyediting, Grammar, Language Log, Languages, Style guide, Style Guides, Writers Resources
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 12:03 AM,
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Got Tumblr? Sunday, August 01, 2010
Meet The Copy Editor. His digital scrapbook, to be exact. He doesn't usually speak in third person.
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 1:20 AM,
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A Call For Films Sunday, June 13, 2010
Labels: film festival, movies
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 9:31 PM,
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Ancestral Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Dan Dizon, a UP classmate of Bencab, has immortalized the Malig clan's Bacolor ancestral home built in the 1750s. The old stone house still stands today in Cabambangan, a memory of past Iberian days.Further down was the 1750s Malig mansion, certainly the oldest and the most atmospheric of the Old Bacolor residences.
The quaint, archaic architecture of the Malig mansion was not the splendid, classical 1850s “bahay na bato” of the great landowning families of Bacolor, Guagua, San Fernando, and Mexico towns. It was the affluent house of an earlier era, perhaps of the mid 18th century [ 1750s ]…
One entered an arched adobe portal to a small courtyard paved with “piedra china” granite slabs and hung with bougainvilleae before proceeding to a handsome, pedimented front door which was actually located at the “mirador” tower and not in the house proper [ the "mirador" tower was most probably a remnant of the days when the "Moros" would raid Pampanga towns --- notably Lubao, Guagua, and Bacolor --- and capture their inhabitants for slaves and for ransom, occurrences which lasted until the early 1800s ]. The dim entrance hall was laid with brilliantly colored Spanish “azulejos” tiles. To the left was parked the old piercework giltwood ”andas” / “carroza” processional carriage of the Malig Family’s ”Mater Dolorosa,” a very old image venerated by Bacolorenos during the traditional Good Friday Procession. One proceeded to the right, up a staircase with a small flight of steps to the house proper, to the ”caida” living area. There was, rather incongruously, a 19th century matrimonial bed with a beautiful, Chinese-inflected headboard of birds [ cranes / pheasants ], hung with a sheer mosquito net, in the center of the room. Hanging from the walls were the famous 1860s colored lithographs of Reina Isabel II and her consort, Principe Francisco de Borbon in equally old giltwood frames. If one observed the distressed walls closely, there were still the vestiges of geometric handpainted decoration, perhaps from the 1850s. Beside the staircase, to the right, was a smaller staircase that led up to the “mirador” tower.
So old was the Malig mansion, so atmospheric, with so incredible a “Stimmung,” that it was used convincingly as the house of the “Alferez” and his abusive wife Dona Consolacion in the 1961 movie version of ”Noli Me Tangere” by the national hero Jose Rizal directed by master filmmaker Gerry de Leon.
In Bacolor, a sumptuous lunch was prepared for Dr. Rizal at the Malig family ancestral home near the San Guillermo Church where our hero must have met with Don Ceferino Joven, Don Francisco Joven, Dr. Francisco Liongson, and Don Valentin Ventura among others. This sudden Pampanga visit of Dr. Rizal created quite a stir among the populace in the province, especially among the enlightened illustrados, their relatives and their peasant farmers. [DOT]
Labels: bacolor, malig ancestral home
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 3:10 AM,
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Pamamahayag At Pangingibang-bayan: Isang Balik-Tanaw
PHILIPPINE MIGRATION JOURNALISM: A Practical HandbookThis 200-paged book compiles articles on the history of overseas employment of Filipinos, the issues and the players in this industry, Philippine media’s coverage of the issues, and a list of government, non-government, private organizations, and other groups that work for or against these issues.Media practitioners, overseas Filipino workers, and development workers will find this handbook useful as well as a light read on the international labor migration that Filipinos form part of.The book costs P250 each in the Philippines, US$16 in North America, and 15 euros in the European Union. Prices include standard postage as well as handling of between 11 to 20 days.Monograph OneMonograph One, on Migration Journalism in the Philippines, contains seven papers on how issues in migration are seen from several vantage points: from that of a daughter of an overseas Filipino worker in a community of OFW families in Batangas to the editor-in-chief of a daily newspaper; from a senior business reporter covering the money that flows from OFWs to a former media liaison officer of a migrant nongovernment group; from the chief executive of a booming Internet-based newspaper to the director of a radio program beaming news on OFWs and the Philippines via shortwave. These papers outlined the work of the OFW Journalism Consortium for the past three years when their authors presented their respective opus at the pontifical University of Santo Tomas on December 7, 2002.Contents :1. “Ano nga ba ang meron sa Italya?: Kuwento ng isang migranteng pamilya ni Aileen Peñas2. Issues and Concerns on Labor Migration in the Philippines: Inputs for Media Reportage by Dennis D. Estopace3. Economic Reportage of International Labor Migration: A Reportorial Perspective by Arnold S. Tenorio4. Community Journalism and Human Capital Flight by Jojo Pasion Malig5. Online Journalism and OFWs: The Inq7.net Experience By Javier Vicente d. Rufino6. The Treatment and Packaging of OFW Stories by a Daily Newspaper: An Editorial Perspective By Lourdes Molina-Fernandez7. The Reportage of OFW Issues on Radio By Tanny V. Rodriguez
Labels: book, journalism, migrant labor
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 2:56 AM,
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Font You Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Labels: design, font, print media
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 3:17 PM,
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Looking For Writers Friday, April 16, 2010
Newswriters/Editors Wanted
Location: Makati City
Requirements:
• Degree in Mass Communication, Journalism, or other relevant course
• Excellent English communication and grammar skills
• High analytical and comprehension skills
• Top-notch news writing, editing, and proofreading skills
• PC and typing skills and ability to thrive amid deadline pressures
• Creativity, inquisitiveness, and willingness to go the extra mile to create an outstanding story
• Sports writing skill is an advantage. Knowledge of global geopolitical realities is a must.
E-mail introduction letter and resumé, including expected salary range, to:
Lito Dailisan
Editorial Coordinator
NewsLink Crewnews (Phils) Inc.
6th Floor State Condominium I
186 Salcedo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City
Email: j.dailisan@newslinkservices.com
newslinkservices.net | faceofshipping.com
Highlight for insider tip: The company pays way better than mainstream Philippine dailies and media firms. However, don't set your initial salary bar too high as the job openings are for entry-level positions.
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 7:55 PM,
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Do It Now Saturday, March 27, 2010
[via lifehacker]
Labels: lifehacker, procrastination
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 4:31 PM,
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Turning Back Time Thursday, March 25, 2010
Post-birthday ruminations, courtesy of quantum physics. A decision made in the present can apparently influence the past. [Science, 2007]
Don't even start.
Labels: quantum physics, science, time
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 5:27 PM,
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Writing 35 Monday, March 22, 2010
A copy of Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" lies unread on my office desk alongside Strunk and White's "The Elements of Style." Pens blue, red, and black. A Korean language book. A Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf notebook. A motorcycle magazine. Coffee sachets. Folders. An uneaten chocolate lollipop. An alarm clock turned off. A calendar filled with Xs and check marks. Income tax documents saying I gave around PHP 50,000 to the crooks in government last year. I turned 35 on Friday, with the day spent in Quiapo buying a new set of eyeglasses and having my teeth fixed. It's a cliche. Your eyes and your teeth are the first ones to go as you get older.
I got a new set of specs for PHP 500. The teeth set me back PHP 1,500. With extra cash on hand, I also found a spanking new set of motorcycle knee protectors for PHP 700.
Quiapo. Divisoria. Baclaran. Port Area.
These places are better than malls if want to do bargain-hunting. A lot of goods and services inside malls cost less than half in Quiapo.
But I digress.
Some people meet their birthdays with either joy or melancholy. I had neither. I was rather indifferent to turning a year older - just regretful of some of the really brash decisions I made when I was younger.
Live and let live. Men are like wine. We get better as we get older. I'm just hoping that Gabriel - who's going to have a brother/sister by August - will be wiser and less impulsive than his dad.
Here's to 30-odd more years, then.
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 4:08 PM,
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Cinemaloco Sunday, October 04, 2009
2:00 pm: El sueño de una noche de San Juan4:30 pm: Casual Day7:00 pm: El nido vacío9:30 pm: El truco del manco
Labels: film festival, movies, spain
posted by Jojo Pasion Malig @ 11:45 AM,
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Lapdance Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Here's the newest member of my household.
Asus K50IN
Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 (2.1GHz) CPU
15.6" HD TFT (1366x768 Widescreen)
NVIDIA GeForce G102M (with 512MB dedicated graphics memory)
320GB (5400rpm)
4GB DDR2 800mhz RAM
Windows Vista Home Premium
DVD Super Multi Dual Layer optical drive
6-cell lithium ion battery
2 years global warranty
6 lbs.
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