Data journalism handbook launched
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…
Read MoreFacebook buys Instagram, Instagram users not happy
The biggest tech-story of the day must be that Facebook just bought Instagram for a whooping 1 billion USD.
Read MoreBelgium in mourning
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.
Read MoreQueen Beatrix turns 74
Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands becomes the oldest reigning monarch of the country as she turns 74 today. The oldest living Dutch monarch before her was William III who was 73 when he died.
Read MorePhilippine vessel beached on Holland coast
Philippine cargo ship MV Aztec Maiden ran ashore the coast of Wijk aan Zee in The Netherlands around 4:45 in the morning of January 20, 2011. 21 crew members aboard the ship are all Filipinos. Again, social media has done its fair share in updating the public.
Read MoreThe day the web stood still
2012, they say, is the year when the world ends. Movies have been made to describe this disaster that is supposedly according to the Mayan prediction. Did the Mayans predict the end of the physical world or could it have meant the online world?
Read MoreBlue Monday, reality or myth?
The third Monday of the year has been tagged “Blue Monday” since 2005 by a UK advertising agency. They call it the most depressing day of the year in the western hemisphere since the days are long and it’s still a long way before spring begins. But it seems that… they got it all wrong.
Read MoreQueen Beatrix hits back
PVV party leader Geert Wilders is famous for his anti-Islam remarks. When Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands wore a headscarf during her visit to Abu Dhabi and Oman, Wilders just could not help but comment. The Queen thinks it’s all “nonsense”.
Read Moreabout.me
Multimedia, multiplatform journalist, writer and communications professional. My passion lies in telling stories, working with words and finding the best platform to communicate information.
Along with collecting and sharing information, I am also particularly interested in beautiful typography, digital tools and technology, photography, historical mysteries, cultural diversity and languages. I love to travel and to see more of the world has been a fixation since I stepped into the vast jungle called journalism.
During my free time, I bead, bake, create wordpress websites or look for a new hobby to obsess myself with. What do you do on your free time?
