The Information Technology Journalists Association of the Philipppines Inc. (CyberPress) elected its new set of officers in a general assembly held Monday at Jump Experience Center at Megamall, Mandaluyong City.
Paolo Montecillo of Philippine Daily Inquirer was elected President for 2012, JM Tuazon of TV5/InterAksyon.com became VP for Internal Affairs while Jing Garcia of TV5/InterAksyon.com is VP for External Affairs.
TJ Dimacali of GMANews.tv is the new Secretary, Verns Joven of Philstar.com heads the Finance Committee, Marlon Magtira of Newsbytes.ph/Techbytes.ph will take care of the Membership Committee and Melvin Calimag of Newsbytes.ph will handle the Election and constitutional amendments.
“The new set of officers looks forward to another productive year. In today’s connected world, now more than ever, we take our role as industry watchers more seriously,” Montecillo said.
“We have slated several activities this year, in line with our goal to bring the awareness about the importance of IT in our daily lives to a national scale,” he added.
CyberPress was formed in 1996 with an aim to unite IT journalists in bringing technical information more accessible to non-technical readers and educating the general public on issues concerning technological developments and industry. A goal of the organization is also to promote the use of various technologies that are creating an impact to modern Filipino society.
CyberPress is the pioneering organization of IT writers in the country working together to achieve common goals of promoting responsible journalism in the IT beat and fostering better appreciation for technology while cultivating a harmonious IT ecosystem in the country.
