MIMAROPA

Phl publishers’ group to hold media confab

By Luis T. Cueto

Thursday 24th of May 2012

CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro, May 24 (PIA) -- The Publishers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (PAPI) will hold its 2012 Midyear Media Conference, awards presentation and election of new officers on June 23 at the Makati Sports Club in Makati City.

Some 300 publishers, editors, journalists in various fields, including those in broadcast, print, digital governance and press freedom advocates are expected to attend.

With the theme “Shaping the Future of News Publishing in the Philippines,” the forthcoming event will bring together community, provincial and regional newspaper publishers, editors, media practitioners and press freedom advocates to tackle the problems and challenges confronting the publishing industry and to learn new ideas, concepts, measures, latest methods and applications and best practices which help boost sustainable media growth through increase viability and profit.

The topics up for discussion in the media event may include taking news publishing to the next level, drawing revenues in print and digital media, role and impact of technology in today’s competitive media market, innovative editorial products which create new revenue streams, the future of newspaper advertising, reinventing the newspaper for the digital era, global media trends, investigative journalism and media credibility in the countryside, new business models for news, managing the news room in the Social Media era, strategies that generate online ads revenue and new press technology.

The scheduled executive session of publishers and editors will focus on today’s various socio-political, economic and environmental issues and concerns, such as the looming energy crises, rising poverty, environmental degradation, graft and corruption in the government service, increasing lawlessness, unemployment, civil unrest and other pressing issues that should be brought to the fore by the working press for the public to know and the government to address.

Highlight of the event will be the presentation of awards to outstanding advocates of press freedom, outstanding national and local officials, newspaper publishers, and media practitioners in the national and regional levels for their valuable contributions to the media industry and national welfare and interest.

For details and inquiries regarding the event, contact Leo S. Gamit at 09306195879. (BR/LSG/LBR/LTC-PIA4B Calapan)