NEWSROOM TALES
From the great beyond It was the biggest story of the day. On June 7, 2017, Bien Unido Mayor Gisela Boniel had been shot by…
Newsroom Tales
Newsroom tales
When death is near SUPERBALITA reporter Sheila Gravinez was in the Provincial Capitol when a magnitude 6.9 earthquake (“linog ” in Cebuano) hit Cebu in…
NEWSROOM TALES
Is that you? Following the 2004 discovery of the mega shabu laboratory in Mandaue City, Cebu, Sun.Star Cebu chief photographer Alex Badayos was sent to…
Snapshots of days past
“Take care of all your memories… for you can’t relive them.” —Bob Dylan, “Open the Door, Homer,” from “The Basement Tapes” [1975] Orlando C. Sanchez…
NEWSROOM TALES
Wrong ‘mayor’ The host of a radio station’s night talk show contacted by phone a reporter of its sister TV station. The reporter was then…
NEWSROOM TALES
Ecleo, no! Told about a planned police operation against fugitive Ruben Ecleo Jr. who faces two arrest warrants, a news editor asked the chief photographer…
NEWSROOM TALES
Beauty under fire Years before Ryan Borinaga became entertainment editor of Banat News, he was a hard-news reporter covering police and military. Gay and proud,…
NEWSROOM TALES: “Press photographer ko!”
Most guidelines of newspapers and broadcast stations include the reminder to wear one’s press ID “and other visible insignia.” That’s more useful in crisis situations…
NEWSROOM TALES: Veteran broadcaster
Those were the days when broadcast stations had no reporters and relied on the newspapers for their local news. One morning, S.D. Tecson, handling the…
