Wednesday, October 28, 2009

THE PHILIPPINE PRESS: 1637 TO 2005 by Alice Colet Villadolid



FEATURING... THE PHILIPPINE PRESS: 1637 TO 2005 by Alice Colet Villadolid.  From the PREFACE.  ...The book is composed of articles about Philippine Print Me­dia that I wrote from first-hand experience, reinforced with research, over a period of two decades. The slug at the beginning of each ar­ticle gives the physical point of view -- where I was when the gist of the article formed in my mind. The slugs also happen to name the principal institutions behind the Philippine press, places where learn­ing, spirit and thought spurred Filipino reporters, editors and pub­lishers to record for posterity the events in their country. Throughout the book are pictures of the extant buildings where the national dailies were produced, courtesy of Prof. Ramon Tuason and student-researchers of the Department of Communication of Miriam College...