Media mileage

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It’s really amazing (but not exactly surprising) how much publicity the Mindanao Bloggers Summit has been getting. On the ‘net alone, the traffic generated by bloggers has been terrific! But ‘offline’ as well, there’s been some buzz going around, thanks to our avid supporters.

Twice now I’ve appeared on TV, as I was invited on two separate occasions to promote the event. The first time was on Talk Mindanao, which airs in various cities, and is hosted by the Mindanao Economic Development Council (MEDCo). In Davao, the monthly show airs on SkyCable’s Channel 28. That episode was taped more than a month ago, but I guess it’s still showing because I keep getting comments about it from people I meet.

The second time was just this morning on GMA. The producers of Una Ka Bai! found out about MBS1 (through Mo Billacura, I presume), and they asked me to come to the morning talk show. It was my very first time on live TV! :D

Of course, the local dailies have also carried news and feature items promoting the Summit. I’d like to thank my friends in the media for helping us get the word out about MBS1 in particular, and blogging in general.

It’s like a parent-child relationship — traditional media holding the hand of new media, the former nurturing the latter until it grows and matures. And the time will come when new media (all the various forms of communication powered by the Internet) will develop fully and become the dominant source of information worldwide. But until then, we bloggers still benefit from the wisdom and experience of our colleagues in traditional media.


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