Philippine E-Journals

A Glimpse at Convergent Technology in the Philippines: An Interview with Award-winning Journalist Luz Rimban on Media Convergence

Ron Molina

 

Abstract:

THE DIGITALIZATION of media technologies has facilitated developments in news quality, news delivery, and even construction of messages in general. As more and more people are connected to the World Wide Web or the Internet, media outfits have started to invest and utilize the Internet’s interactive and integrative features to reach its burgeoning number of users. This interview with one of the country’s multi-awarded journalists is an introduction to the emergent discourse on the effects of media convergence on the configuration of news production.

 

Luz Rimban, a veteran investigative reporter, currently writes for the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism while teaching in Ateneo de Manila University and University of the Philippines, Diliman. A Hall of Fame awardee of the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism in 2006, she was also the recipient of numerous awards and grants such as the Benigno Aquino Foundation Fellowship Award and the Marshall McLuhan Fellowship Award.