Juvy de Jesus, E-World Center manager for Zamboanga City, and IT instructor Yolyne Medina hands a training certificate to Sunstar editor Cheng Ordonez, while journalists Roel Pareno, Therence Kho and Charlie Saceda look. (E-World Photo handout) ZAMBOANGA CITY (Juan Magtanggol / 06 Jun) The first batch of 5 journalists finished a weeklong computer training under the scholarship program of the online newspaper Zamboanga Journal and the E-World Career Center Corporation in Zamboanga City.
The five -- Cheng Ordonez, Sunstar; Therence Koh, Agence France Presse; Roel Pareno, Philippine Star; Charlie Saceda, Reuters; and Pami Wee, Ateneo University -- completed at the weekend the training on web design and development. E-World's Yolyne Medina headed the training staff.
"At last the first batch of scholars finished the training and E-World is glad to be part of this program to help not only journalists, but also the poor and deserving students in Zamboanga City. E-World will continue to partner with the Zamboanga Journal in this humanitarian endeavor to provide free computer education to scholars," said Juvy de Jesus, E-World Center manager.
The online newspaper has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the E-World Career Center Corporation to provide scholarship grants to local journalists and out-of-school youths and poor high school students here.
At least 5 journalists from different newspapers and radio and television stations would be given short courses training every month from basic computer operation to the more advanced Macromedia Dreamweaver and other related education.
"The scholarship program of the Zamboanga Journal and the E-World Career Center Corporation is always a partnership. We cannot do this alone and we are glad that E-World is helping us and we appreciate the support of the school," said Al Jacinto, editor-in-chief of Zamboanga Journal.
Jacinto said the scholarship grants are also open to poor and deserving high school students, who wanted to learn, but cannot afford to pay the cost of the computer education. "We will help not only deserving journalists, but students as well, especially those who are really interested to learn," he said.
E-World is one of Zamboanga City's leading global providers of computer education. At least 60 journalists are expected to benefit from the scholarship grants during the first year of the trainings.
De Jesus said E-World is offering a variety of short courses training designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills in Information Technology. Its courses, she said, are also intended for corporate clients who have specialized training needs. It can customize any specific requirements for our clients or companies. Zamboanga Journal came about at first, just as a public service weblog after a photo session in December 24, 2005 in Lumbangan, a small village east of Zamboanga City, where the government garbage depot is located.
From a public service weblog, it soon became the online newspaper now called the Zamboanga Journal, and supporters and journalists from different parts of the country have pledged to help it run and turn the Zamboanga Journal into a tool to help the less fortunate, particularly the children and old people in Zamboanga City.
Jacinto said there are plans to come out with a monthly magazine. “Zamboanga Journal Magazine is now on the drawing board,” he said.
The monthly magazine will carry Special and Feature stories, Home, Food and Lifestyle sections, Tourism and Travel pages, People, Fashion and the Arts, among others.He said If advertisers can sustain the operation of the magazine, then Zamboanga Journal may go on twice a month in the future. He said negotiations are going on with financial institutions for the funding of the magazine.
The five -- Cheng Ordonez, Sunstar; Therence Koh, Agence France Presse; Roel Pareno, Philippine Star; Charlie Saceda, Reuters; and Pami Wee, Ateneo University -- completed at the weekend the training on web design and development. E-World's Yolyne Medina headed the training staff.
"At last the first batch of scholars finished the training and E-World is glad to be part of this program to help not only journalists, but also the poor and deserving students in Zamboanga City. E-World will continue to partner with the Zamboanga Journal in this humanitarian endeavor to provide free computer education to scholars," said Juvy de Jesus, E-World Center manager.
The online newspaper has entered into a memorandum of understanding with the E-World Career Center Corporation to provide scholarship grants to local journalists and out-of-school youths and poor high school students here.
At least 5 journalists from different newspapers and radio and television stations would be given short courses training every month from basic computer operation to the more advanced Macromedia Dreamweaver and other related education.
"The scholarship program of the Zamboanga Journal and the E-World Career Center Corporation is always a partnership. We cannot do this alone and we are glad that E-World is helping us and we appreciate the support of the school," said Al Jacinto, editor-in-chief of Zamboanga Journal.
Jacinto said the scholarship grants are also open to poor and deserving high school students, who wanted to learn, but cannot afford to pay the cost of the computer education. "We will help not only deserving journalists, but students as well, especially those who are really interested to learn," he said.
E-World is one of Zamboanga City's leading global providers of computer education. At least 60 journalists are expected to benefit from the scholarship grants during the first year of the trainings.
De Jesus said E-World is offering a variety of short courses training designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills in Information Technology. Its courses, she said, are also intended for corporate clients who have specialized training needs. It can customize any specific requirements for our clients or companies. Zamboanga Journal came about at first, just as a public service weblog after a photo session in December 24, 2005 in Lumbangan, a small village east of Zamboanga City, where the government garbage depot is located.
From a public service weblog, it soon became the online newspaper now called the Zamboanga Journal, and supporters and journalists from different parts of the country have pledged to help it run and turn the Zamboanga Journal into a tool to help the less fortunate, particularly the children and old people in Zamboanga City.
Jacinto said there are plans to come out with a monthly magazine. “Zamboanga Journal Magazine is now on the drawing board,” he said.
The monthly magazine will carry Special and Feature stories, Home, Food and Lifestyle sections, Tourism and Travel pages, People, Fashion and the Arts, among others.He said If advertisers can sustain the operation of the magazine, then Zamboanga Journal may go on twice a month in the future. He said negotiations are going on with financial institutions for the funding of the magazine.
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