...the Fil-Am site

Fil-Am site a finalist in US new media competition

 

ABS-CBNnews.com

 03/14/2012

 

 

 

MANILA, Philippines - The FilAm, an online magazine for Filipino-Americans in New York, was a finalist in this year's McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs initiative.

The FilAm, which caters to the 55,000 Filipinos in New York City and the nearly 300,000 who live in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, was one of the finalists in the competition.

Filipino journalist Cristina DC Pastor is the publisher and editor of The FilAm. She published a book, "Scratch the News: Filipino Americans in Our Midst" in 2005.

On its website, the McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs is described as a "a unique initiative addressing opportunity and innovation, recruitment and retention for women in journalism by spotlighting their ingenuity and entrepreneurial abilities."

Four public service news sites, including a tablet app for news comics and a site that compares local health costs, received $14,000 each to develop their projects.

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