Has anyone on here tried to contact any of the major Manila based publications using the published email addresses from their web sites ?

I've been surprised to find how many just don't work.

Some of the promoted addresses just don't exist - according to the mail servers - while others return messages saying they are so full that no more mail can be accepted.

For example, just to name a few:

Manila Times
Daily Tribune
Philippines Star

Is this a common occurrence in the Philippines ? Is this the publications fault or a reflection on ISPs in the country ?

photo_journ wrote:

QUOTE:
Has anyone on here tried to contact any of the major Manila based publications using the published email addresses from their web sites ?

I've been surprised to find how many just don't work.

Some of the promoted addresses just don't exist - according to the mail servers - while others return messages saying they are so full that no more mail can be accepted.

For example, just to name a few:

Manila Times
Daily Tribune
Philippines Star

Is this a common occurrence in the Philippines ? Is this the publications fault or a reflection on ISPs in the country ?

photo_journ wrote:

QUOTE:
Has anyone on here tried to contact any of the major Manila based publications using the published email addresses from their web sites ?

I've been surprised to find how many just don't work.

Some of the promoted addresses just don't exist - according to the mail servers - while others return messages saying they are so full that no more mail can be accepted.

For example, just to name a few:

Manila Times
Daily Tribune
Philippines Star

Is this a common occurrence in the Philippines ? Is this the publications fault or a reflection on ISPs in the country ?

hi photo_journ

we have similar problems encountered about email addresses or sites of most of manila-based publications.

i could only say a few things, there was an article published about the philippines having the most number of spam emails from the rest of the world.

i have some experiences of having computer break down due to viruses or bugs whenever i go to most philippine based internet sites and i donot know the reason why.

i also could not retrieve articles ,most probably to a limited memory bytes they have-

the philippine enquirer now has upgraded theirs try it if you like : http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/

they are just not paying much when it comes to new media (internet)
its either their domains are not paid or their technical team are so dumbed and lazy to work

It seems like a combination of both. But it's pretty appalling that media organisations generally, and editorial departments in particular, are ignoring something that is such a valuable tool.

It's not just limited to the Philippines unfortunately. Many English language publications throughout Asia are the same.

Then there's the question of the quality of what some are producing. Despite many of these publications employing native English speakers as sub-editors, grammar, syntax and even spelling can be atrocious.

The Jakarta Post, for example, even managed to spell Aung San Suu Kyi as Aung San Suu KHI last week and Myanmar as Myannar this week. Both times in headlines.

Likewise the pro-democracy protests in Burma have constantly been referred to as "demonstrations" and "demonstrators" in some publications. Again, plainly bad English as the monks and others are not "demonstrating" anything.

It doesn't help people with their English language skills if the English language publications get it so wrong consistently.<br><br>Post edited by: photo_journ, at: 2007/10/03 10:34