The 2017 PAPC Plaridel Awards Call for entries SAN FRANCISCO -- The Philippine American Press Club USA is accepting entries for its Annual Plaridel Awards for Excellence in Filipino American Journalism, which is now on its sixth year. Established in 2012, The Plaridel was created to inspire and empower local journalists by acknowledging and celebrating outstanding journalism. In just five years from inception, The Plaridel has become a benchmark among Filipino American journalists in ratin...

SAN FRANCISCO – A 23-year-old journalism graduate of George Washington University ran away with five trophies at the Fifth Plaridel Awards held Friday, Oct. 7 to a packed Kalayaan Hall at the Philippine Center on Sutter Street in San Francisco. Christina Oriel of Asian Journal racked up a first in the history of The Plaridel, which provides a platform for previously unknown journalists covering the Filipino American community. She topped in five reporting categories. The Philippine American ...

Celebrate and Acknowledge Outstanding Filipino American Journalists with the Plaridel Awards and Three Community leaders with the Torch Bearer Awards Thursday, October 5, 2017 Kalayaan Hall Philippine Consulate General 447 Sutter Street, San Francisco Reception at 6:00pm Program starts at 7:00pm   Tickets at: https://plaridel2017.eventbrite.com  Early bird: $35 After Sept. 30, 2017: $45   Attire: Business

SAN FRANCISCO (JGL) – Asian Journal, a bi-weekly out in Los Angeles, California, won six of the 15 Plaridel awards for excellence in Filipino American journalism last Oct. 8, in San Francisco, California, when three of its staff matched the awards collected last year by Positively Filipino, an online newsmagazine based in San Francisco. Allyson Escobar of Asian Journal won a rare trifecta by bagging awards for Best Food Story, Best Youth Voice and Best News Story for “Cooking Hawaiian...