Who would have thought bloggers would be so concerned about Mindanao's image that bloggers would organize a summit to help improve the Mindanao image?
Unfortunately I didn't catch on to the first one, but apprerently this is the second Mindanao Bloggers Summit to be held on Oct. 25-26. Spearheaded by the Soccsksargen Convenors Collective based in Central Mindanao , it is themed "Mindanawon, Paminawon Intawon (literally, listen to Mindanaoans): Blogging the Mindanao Consciousness."
"We want to encourage the bloggers to... [balance] the spate of negative news about Mindanao and help erase the outsider’s perception about the island," Avel O. Manansala, summit lead convenor, said in a statement.
I understand the need to revitalize the image of "Mindanao" given how the news has plastered how much warfare has been going on there. I have been told this is not true. More than anything else bloggers will have a challenge reaching out to those who are already in control of mainstream media.
The internet is a good avenue though to fight the good fight and to once and for all get the truth out that it is not as sensational as they make it sound on prime time news
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