Solon holds online press-con to mark Martial Law declaration
(UPDATE) Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo or “Ka Satur” made Philippine Internet history when he conducted his first online press conference, with help from Philippine Internet portal Yehey.com’s chat service. With initial glitches, the online presscon started pass 11 am Thursday, and ended almost two hours later. An interesting note during the chat was Satur’s admission that he was a “newbie” and was afraid that he might make some mistakes…in typing. Of course, as a former journalist, he was conscious of his answers. In one thread, he answered one question posed, but quickly apologized for the poorly constructed sentence. But that’s the essence of a chat. It is real-time, and it is really conversational.
Read the full report at INQ7.net’s breaking news, on Infotech and the Philippine Daily Inquirer. Also, read Joey Alarilla’s latest blog entry in CNET Asia.
Hector Bryant Macale’s also blogged about this event. Macale is staffwriter of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and associate editor of the CMFR publication Philippine Journalism Review Reports.
Bryant wrote:
Hi Erwin,
Thanks for visiting my blog. Made an update on Ka Satur’s press conference, where I mentioned your blog. Here’s the link to the update (http://bryantonpost.blogspot.com/2006/09/ka-saturs-online-adventure-update.html).
Thanks and Mabuhay to you!
Bryant Macale
Assistant Editor
PJR Reports
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
Posted 22 Sep 2006 at 3:27 pm ¶