Chared Verschuur

Fil-Dutch ‘Michael Jackson’ to send Pinoy street children to school

Chared — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:50:26 +0000

While the Filipino community reels from a recent boxing event at the NAIA, here’s some good news from the Filipino community in The Netherlands published on GMA News Online. content if browser does not support You might also be interested in: ‘Exotic Love’ reality show in The Netherlands angers Pinays Philippines own Loboc Children’s Choir [...]

Creating Video for the Web

Chared — Sun, 06 May 2012 11:02:05 +0000

Posted in Learning Curve

The Creating Video for the Web course that I followed at the NY Times Knowledge Network was just recently concluded. It is short but sweet. In two weeks and three online meetings, I have really learned a lot. It was also well-attended that it encourages you to participate. Included in the course is shooting and [...]

Data journalism handbook launched

Chared — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 16:40:15 +0000

Posted in News and Events

One of the highlights in this year's International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy is the launch of the Data Journalism handbook. Wish I could join but luckily, social media is there to make us take a peek...

Attitude adjustment for travelers

Chared — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:49:04 +0000

Posted in Going Places

Go as a guest; act like one, and you’ll be treated like one. Travel, as in the rest of life, you reap what you sow. – Rick Steves Believing that I have always been an organized-bordering-on-obsessive-compulsive traveler, I never thought of picking a travel skills handbook for myself. Ok, I toyed with the idea, looked [...]

Inverted Pyramid and beyond

Chared — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:20:11 +0000

Posted in Learning Curve

I haven’t been writing a lot lately because of the Online Journalism class I followed. The six-week online training is a project of the Radio Nederland Training Centre where I also took my Broadcast Journalism training in 2005. This training is quite intensive, we had to put up a blog to publish the assignments. Here’s [...]

Facebook buys Instagram, Instagram users not happy

Chared — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:23:10 +0000

Posted in News and Events

The biggest tech-story of the day must be that Facebook just bought Instagram for a whooping 1 billion USD. This move was met with surprise, anger and paranoia. http://storify.com/charedbv/facebook-buys-instagram-what-next You might also be interested in: How Europe is reacting to Google Buzz Belgium in mourning Blue Monday, reality or myth? Data journalism handbook launched Queen [...]

Filipinas in The Netherlands celebrate Int’l Women’s Day

Chared — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:21:00 +0000

Posted in News and Events

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/252077/pinoyabroad/pinays-in-the-netherlands-celebrate-intl-women-s-day

Woman is the companion of man, gifted by equal mental capacities. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man’s superior. – Mahatma Gandhi Filipinas in The Netherlands gathered for a day of salu-salo, women workshops and talks on Saturday, March 17 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Here’s the story. Error: Embedded data [...]

Belgium in mourning

Chared — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 16:56:55 +0000

Posted in News and Events

In the evening of Tuesday, March 13, a coach from Belgium crashed in a tunnel in Switzerland. At least 28 of the 52 passengers died, 22 of them children. It was a horrible accident that left even rescue teams traumatized. This is how social media handled the story.