APATHETIC
why have i suddenly become apathetic to media issues nowadays? too tired? i think it's because i'm too entrenched in it that i can't have an objective look at things right now. if i could detach myself from my work and then make a critique, an analysis of some sort then probably i could...
i'm having a hard time pondering this as i struggle with my thesis problem. how can i conduct my study without being afraid for my own skin/professional stability? as i've told my *nililigawan* na thesis adviser, baka ipako ako sa krus ng mga kasama ko. can't be specific about my thesis problem here. mahirap na.
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there was a pair of UP masscom students who went to my beat to interview me about this and that for their thesis. a few questions from them alam ko na kung ano ang gusto nilang patunguhan: cartel and kuryente. huli ko agad sila. hehe. nawindang tuloy yung dalawa.
i told them mahirap yan. they should frame the questions na maayos kasi baka pagtulung-tulungan sila ng mga reporters na iinterviewhin nila sa beat, lalo na balak nilang interviewhin ang mga to sa press room ng mga beats nila na maririnig ng kapwa reporters ang mga sagot sa tanong.
sabi ko masyadong obvious yung questions nila, leading baga. number 1 rule: if you want to keep your agenda hidden, ask open-ended questions. sabi ko di lahat ng reporters eh mababait at papraangkahin sila. yung ibang salbahe, baka palabasin at pauwiin lang sila, lalo na sa mga beat na heavy sa cartel.
rule no 2: ayusin nila sequence ng tanong nila. parang sabog kasi yung mga tanong nila na obvious naman kung ano ang gusto nilang makuha. like "how do you get your news?" sunod na tanong "how is your relationship with other reporters?". huh? at first parang walang relationship yung dalawang tanong na magkasunod. pero obvioius naman na ang gusto nilang mahuli is "do other reporters provide you with news that you will write?" or short of asking na "sino ponente nyo dito?"
buti na lang di pa sila nakakapag interview masyado. eh pano na kung nagsimula muna sila sa mababangis na beats?
anyway, i answered them truthfully about what is happening in my beat and my past beat. kuryente? di ko alam kung yun na nga ba ang tawag dun sa nangyari sa akin na one time i had a blog entry before that said "nice people get eaten". na naprove ko lahat eh trabaho lang.
so anyway, i'm thinking whether i should go with my thesis problem, a sensitive topic to *some* colleagues. but as my professor said, wala pang lliterature about *this*.
i'm having a hard time pondering this as i struggle with my thesis problem. how can i conduct my study without being afraid for my own skin/professional stability? as i've told my *nililigawan* na thesis adviser, baka ipako ako sa krus ng mga kasama ko. can't be specific about my thesis problem here. mahirap na.
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there was a pair of UP masscom students who went to my beat to interview me about this and that for their thesis. a few questions from them alam ko na kung ano ang gusto nilang patunguhan: cartel and kuryente. huli ko agad sila. hehe. nawindang tuloy yung dalawa.
i told them mahirap yan. they should frame the questions na maayos kasi baka pagtulung-tulungan sila ng mga reporters na iinterviewhin nila sa beat, lalo na balak nilang interviewhin ang mga to sa press room ng mga beats nila na maririnig ng kapwa reporters ang mga sagot sa tanong.
sabi ko masyadong obvious yung questions nila, leading baga. number 1 rule: if you want to keep your agenda hidden, ask open-ended questions. sabi ko di lahat ng reporters eh mababait at papraangkahin sila. yung ibang salbahe, baka palabasin at pauwiin lang sila, lalo na sa mga beat na heavy sa cartel.
rule no 2: ayusin nila sequence ng tanong nila. parang sabog kasi yung mga tanong nila na obvious naman kung ano ang gusto nilang makuha. like "how do you get your news?" sunod na tanong "how is your relationship with other reporters?". huh? at first parang walang relationship yung dalawang tanong na magkasunod. pero obvioius naman na ang gusto nilang mahuli is "do other reporters provide you with news that you will write?" or short of asking na "sino ponente nyo dito?"
buti na lang di pa sila nakakapag interview masyado. eh pano na kung nagsimula muna sila sa mababangis na beats?
anyway, i answered them truthfully about what is happening in my beat and my past beat. kuryente? di ko alam kung yun na nga ba ang tawag dun sa nangyari sa akin na one time i had a blog entry before that said "nice people get eaten". na naprove ko lahat eh trabaho lang.
so anyway, i'm thinking whether i should go with my thesis problem, a sensitive topic to *some* colleagues. but as my professor said, wala pang lliterature about *this*.
