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Oct42022 by No Comments
LOOK: AB Communication juniors’ first on-site class

LOOK: AB Communication juniors’ first on-site class

Inside AB, News
'COMM IS BACK ON AIR’ Some Juniors of the AB Communication program had their first on-site class on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. bldg. The Communication program is second among the 13 AB programs to hold limited face-to-face classes this term. Photos by Grehmalyne G. Carandang and Raymond Vince Manaloto
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Apr212021 by No Comments
Alon: The Receding Waves

Alon: The Receding Waves

Literary
By DAWN DANIELLE D. SOLANO   REDEMPTION comes from recalling one’s mistakes. It then ripples to the will to amend for them. On the other hand, seeking to forget only adds salt to the wound, making it difficult to forgive oneself. Directed by Teresa Urmatam, a UST communication arts graduate, Alon is one of the 14 featured short films of Sine Reel 2021. The film is about loss, grief, and recovery and is currently streaming free on iWantTFC. Alon opens in a joyous atmosphere. In the beginning, the audience is introduced to the wholesome bond of the Fajardo family. The three siblings, Issa (Chin Jongko), Eman (Jeremy Sayas), and Imy (Katrina Urmatam), are shown having comfortable banter with their parents while on their way to the beach.  However, the lively scene is o...
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May22020 by No Comments
Ex-comm dept chair Bong Osorio dies at 66

Ex-comm dept chair Bong Osorio dies at 66

News
By: KRISTINE AGUSTIN and BEA RONIO photo grabbed from the official Facebook account of Ramon “Bong” Osorio Former communications department chair Ramon ‘Bong’ Osorio passed away on Thursday due to brain tumor, according to ABS-CBN. He was 66.  Osorio is an alumnus of the University's Communication Arts degree program and has been a part of student publications, The Flame and Varsitarian. He served as an academician in the University and the department chair of Communication and Media Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Letters for 17 years. As an educator, Osorio was a recipient of the Agora award for Outstanding Achievement in Marketing Education from the Philippine Marketing Association in 2002 and The Outstanding Thomasian ALumni or TOTAL Award in 2003. The public relatio...
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Feb132020 by No Comments
D’CATCH ends with screening of delegates’ docus

D’CATCH ends with screening of delegates’ docus

News
by JANIS JOPLIN MOISES DELEGATES FROM participating Southeast Asian countries showcased their documentary productions on the last day of the collaborative video project, De-Centralized Asian Transnational Challenges (D’CATCH) 2020, hosted by the Communication Arts Students’ Association (CASA). “So basically, what we wanted to do is invite all of these media students from the different countries, participating countries and find a way of mixing their cultures, their skills and the craft of media, and how they can collaborate well enough to produce seamless videos” CASA President and D’CATCH Officer in Charge Voltaire Avendaño said. D’CATCH was attended by media students from Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines. They were divided into five groups and were given th...
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Feb52020 by 1 Comment
CASA leads int’l cross-cultural project anew

CASA leads int’l cross-cultural project anew

News
by KRISTINE ERIKA AGUSTIN                   photo by MARLOU JOSEPH BON-AO/ THE FLAME THE COMMUNICATION Arts Students' Association launched the fourth iteration of its six-day cross-cultural project, De-Centralized Asian Transnational Challenges (d'CATCH) Project, on Monday. The event, which aims to promote intercultural communication and collaboration among Asian media students, is attended by delegates from Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand. The delegates will mount a video production anchored on the prefix "trans-" which opened up themes such as Translanguage, Translate, Transfigure, Transient, and Transportation during the brainstorming session. "I almost thought this will not push through because of the [novel coronavirus] scare but I am glad we are all here," Assoc. Prof....
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Dec152019 by No Comments
Journalist Cesar Apolinario, CASA alumnus, dies from cancer at 46

Journalist Cesar Apolinario, CASA alumnus, dies from cancer at 46

News
by JUSTIN LIM and JANIS JOPLIN MOISES     GMA REPORTER, host, and award-winning filmmaker Cesar Apolinario, a Communication Arts alumnus, succumbed to lymphoma on Friday, Dec. 13.  Apolinario was diagnosed with cancer in August and was admitted on Nov. 12 due to sepsis and pneumonia, according to GMA News. Apolinario graduated with a degree in Communication Arts at the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) in 1998. He worked abroad for two years to fund his studies and continued to work various jobs while studying, he stated in his interview with GMA. He also worked as a cameraman-researcher, his early foray into his broadcasting career, before pursuing television reporting and documentary hosting on shows such as I-Witness, Brigada, ...
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Mar262017 by No Comments
Be responsible reporters, media students told in a forum

Be responsible reporters, media students told in a forum

News
CREDIBILITY is the currency of a good journalist. This was the message of seasoned radio presenters to media students from different universities during the fifth Podcast Convention (PodCon) held March 23 and 24 at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex. Atty. Rudolph Jularbal, general counsel of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas (KBP), stressed that media practitioners must strive to be accurate and credible for it would help them succeed in their profession. "[Believe me,] once you lose the credibility, you’re not going to move on in the profession you have chosen. So always maintain that credibility through responsible journalism," Jularbal said. Media practitioners should be careful of what they broadcast as mass media is capable of influencing and affecting peo...
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Oct282016 by No Comments
Nat’l identity found in aging filmstrips – film archivist

Nat’l identity found in aging filmstrips – film archivist

News
A FILM restoration expert urged Thomasians yesterday to patronize restored classic Filipino movies because they bring a sense of national identity. Leo Katigbak, head of ABS-CBN archives and film restoration, stressed the importance of the younger generation's exposure to classic movies in the campus tour of Cinema One Originals Festival 2016 held at the Benavides Auditorium. “To me, it strikes us at the heart of our national identity because if you do not care about your past, what do you care for? How can you be proud of being a Filipino? […] I want to make sure it survives for the next generation,” he said. Katigbak and his team at Sagip Pelikula program scoured different countries for the filmstrips of classic Filipino movies like Himala, Oro Plata, Mata, and Haplos and br...
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