Journo Journey

  Hypothetically... Published: September 29, 2023 The Thinker (Courtesy: David Santaolalla, Wikimedia Commons ) Hunter’s second chapter showed me the importance of making hypotheses. Hypotheses are the foundation of a project on whether one can continue pursuing it or not through analyzing countless relevant truths. It narrows one to a particular set of goals to prevent them from an overwhelming sea of questions about “what to do next.” Creating a hypothesis gives one something to work on, verify, uncover secrets, and tell a story. First and foremost, I always saw hypotheses as just mere sentences to base on. In part, it is true, but reading into chapter two of Hunter’s manual made me realize that we must be realistic in setting propositions. It was a problem of mine when we did our research in Senior High School – a qualitative study on peer pressure. We thought of a hypothesis without breaking it down into specifics or feasibility; fortunately, we succeeded. Looking at it now was...

A New Beginning Published: September 22, 2023 In the Rain (by yours truly: Mervin Manaois) Unfortunately, I lost my passion for journalism, as everything I now do hereon has been for compliance. Nevertheless, I found investigative journalism serves one of my interests, the primary being news reporting. Throughout the first two weeks of attending J 105, what stuck out to me was the shared quote about documents and data being the bricks and interviews as the mortar to hold the objects. Investigative journalism is indeed a time-intensive process – but so long as one is passionate or fascinated by a particular topic – the drive to produce quality output beyond news is immense. First and foremost, it is true that among the countless factual and false information in the media, one may find a piece of news whose details one can deepen. For instance, I remember my past professor who told a story about a regular report from GMA about crime in an area. She added that Jessica Soho noticed many ...