Pinoy Weekly
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Pinoy Weekly is an online and print newsmagazine in the Philippines
. It is published by PinoyMedia Center, a newly-established non-government organization devoted to democratizing the practice of journalism in the country. It focuses on investigative stories that concern what it terms as the "underreported" sectors of Philippine society: peasant
s, workers, overseas Filipino
s, youth, indigenous people, and women. Previously a weekly publication, it now publishes special print issues, a Mindanao edition and a Japan edition. It is also an online newsmagazine.
Pinoy Weeklys writers have previously been finalists for the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism. It has also been cited by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
, in the November 2006 issue of the Philippine Journalism Review: "If other tabloids are known for their sensationalized stories on crime and sex or splashy entertainment and sports pages, Pinoy Weekly comes across as a serious paper with analyses on issues affecting citizens, especially the marginalized."
It is currently run by an editorial team of young journalists, including: Kenneth Roland A. Guda, Ilang-Ilang D. Quijano, Soliman A. Santos, Darius R. Galang, and Macky Macaspac. It also features columns from respected progressive opinionmakers like Teo S. Marasigan, Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr., Gert Ranjo-Libang, Vencer Crisostomo, Anton Dulce, Danilo Arana Arao, Boy Villasanta, Mykel Andrada, Steven Abada, Ericson Acosta, Rogelio Ordoñez
, poetry group Kilometer 64 and Rolando B. Tolentino. It also boasts of regular contributions from talented and committed writers, photographers and artists.
Among its editorial consultants: multi-awarded visual artist Leonilo Doloricon, University of the Philippines journalism professor and leading columnist Luis Teodoro, National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera
, renowned nationalist writer and former editor in chief Rogelio Ordoñez and multi-awarded writer, playwright, director and activist Bonifacio P. Ilagan.
Pinoy Weekly is published by PinoyMedia Center, a newly-established non-government organization devloted to democratizing the practice of journalism in the country.
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
. It is published by PinoyMedia Center, a newly-established non-government organization devoted to democratizing the practice of journalism in the country. It focuses on investigative stories that concern what it terms as the "underreported" sectors of Philippine society: peasant
Peasant
A peasant is an agricultural worker who generally tend to be poor and homeless-Etymology:The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside, ultimately from the Latin pagus, or outlying administrative district.- Position in society :Peasants typically...
s, workers, overseas Filipino
Overseas Filipino
An Overseas Filipino is a person of Philippine origin who lives outside of the Philippines. This term applies both to people of Filipino ancestry who are citizens or residents of a different country and to those Filipino citizens abroad on a more temporary status.Most overseas Filipinos migrate to...
s, youth, indigenous people, and women. Previously a weekly publication, it now publishes special print issues, a Mindanao edition and a Japan edition. It is also an online newsmagazine.
Pinoy Weeklys writers have previously been finalists for the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism. It has also been cited by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility is a private, non-stock, non-profit foundation that has focused its endeavor on press freedom protection along with the establishment of a framework of responsibility for its practice...
, in the November 2006 issue of the Philippine Journalism Review: "If other tabloids are known for their sensationalized stories on crime and sex or splashy entertainment and sports pages, Pinoy Weekly comes across as a serious paper with analyses on issues affecting citizens, especially the marginalized."
It is currently run by an editorial team of young journalists, including: Kenneth Roland A. Guda, Ilang-Ilang D. Quijano, Soliman A. Santos, Darius R. Galang, and Macky Macaspac. It also features columns from respected progressive opinionmakers like Teo S. Marasigan, Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr., Gert Ranjo-Libang, Vencer Crisostomo, Anton Dulce, Danilo Arana Arao, Boy Villasanta, Mykel Andrada, Steven Abada, Ericson Acosta, Rogelio Ordoñez
Rogelio Ordoñez
Rogelio Lunasco Ordoñez is a multi-awarded Filipino fiction writer and journalist. He is one of the authors of the iconic Tagalog literature anthology "Mga Agos sa Disyerto" in the 1960s...
, poetry group Kilometer 64 and Rolando B. Tolentino. It also boasts of regular contributions from talented and committed writers, photographers and artists.
Among its editorial consultants: multi-awarded visual artist Leonilo Doloricon, University of the Philippines journalism professor and leading columnist Luis Teodoro, National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera
Bienvenido Lumbera
Bienvenido Lumbera is a prizewinning poet, critic and dramatist from the Philippines.He is a National Artist of the Philippines and a recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communications...
, renowned nationalist writer and former editor in chief Rogelio Ordoñez and multi-awarded writer, playwright, director and activist Bonifacio P. Ilagan.
Pinoy Weekly is published by PinoyMedia Center, a newly-established non-government organization devloted to democratizing the practice of journalism in the country.