As the presidential election approaches, friends are asking who will I be supporting?
One friend thought I am supporting Villar because he saw a photo of me and Villar in Facebook. But he sent a message and said he is confused because after the photo with Villar, I published a photo with Mar Roxas , Chiz Escudero, Bro. Eddie Villanueva, then with Gibo Teodoro… Ha ha ha. Well, one of the perks of having an online persona is that you are presented with opportunities of meeting these high profile individuals. Allow me then, to take this opportunity to make my disclosure:
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Sonnie Disclosure Pilipinas
Blog Watch was conceived from lessons learned in 2004 elections through PCIJ traning of 3 bloggers, where focus of traditional media was on celebrity, scandals, election violence,mudslinging & scandals- exchange of accusations between parties and politicians becomes “entertainment”, campaign becomes talent show, candidates being contestants etc
Blog Watch is hosted by Vibal Foundation’s Philippine Online Chronicles and will be launched on November 24, 2009, from 11 am to 2 pm at the Max’s Restaurant in Bel-Air, Makati City
Blog Watch intends to cover underplayed stories in various formats (podcast, video, articles, commentaries) that will complement traditional media, such as stories that promote voters’ education and automated elections, campaign fund sources and expenditures, background of candidates, personal background, political background. This will be different from the past 2004 election where focus was on celebrities, scandals, election violence, mudslinging, exchange of accusations between parties, and where politicians have become “entertainers”, campaigns have become talent show, and even candidates have come in the form of “contestants”.
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Sonnie Announcement, Pers. Social Responsibility, Pilipinas Ask Sonnie, Pilipinas
With the coming election next year, politicians are also invading Social Networking Sites. They (or their handlers) are setting-up blogs, or opening an account in different SNS and Micro Blogging Sites. They’re on Twitter and almost everywhere, ha ha. I was even asked by an acquaintance abroad to organize a bloggers get together for a politician running for Mayor.
Not too long ago, there was a buzz that a blogger allegedly sold a list of what was labeled as “influential bloggers” to a presidentiable. Turned out, according to another story, that the list was allegedly sold by a local PR agency who conducted a FG study about bloggers. Politicians will not only use the tri media for their PR and campaign, but will also test the power of new media.
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Sonnie Ask Sonnie Pilipinas
I was at Powerbooks yesterday and had a chance to meet in person, Joy Rojas, who is set to fly to the US to become the first South East Asian woman and first Filipina to run from California to New york. She hopes to run a total of 5,000 km, from May to September of 2009.
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Sonnie Announcement, Out of the box Pilipinas
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