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In this podcast host Marco talks to young professionals to hear about their stories on how they got into their field, how they studied it, and what they do now in their work. The goal of this podcast is to provide career insights, motivation, and study tips for students who are still deciding on what course to take in college or what career to take after college. Catch new episodes every Friday!
Episode 11: How to be a Communications Campaigner, and how Journalism can be applied to many careers | Interview with Maverick Flores
How To Be You Po?
1 hour 16 minutes 4 seconds
4 years ago
Episode 11: How to be a Communications Campaigner, and how Journalism can be applied to many careers | Interview with Maverick Flores
About the guest: Maverick Flores is a communications campaigner for Greenpeace Philippines, where he develops projects that will help increase awareness of their organization. Before this, he also worked as a communications officer for different private companies, government agencies, and NGOs. He has a degree in Journalism from UP Diliman.
In this episode we talked about:
How journalism and communications are similar and different
The outline of a Journalism course in college
The two career paths he considered after graduation
His short experience as an Editorial Production Assistant for the Philippine Daily Inquirer
His first experience in communications as a Program Coordinator for an NGO
Why the humanities and social sciences are just as difficult as the hard sciences, and how they can be applied to all sorts of jobs
His work as a communications officer for the Philippine Information Agency
His work in public relations (PR) for a private corporation
His work as an advocacy communications officer for the Greenpeace Philippines
The skills every communications officer should learn
The day-to-day work and long-term projects of a communications officer
How the work of a communications officer differs in a government agency, private corporation, and NGO
The unethical practices in communications that they should avoid
The different mediums used in communications, and how they determine which medium is most applicable for a particular campaign
How his experiences working as a communications officer have helped in his personal passion projects (blogs, podcasts, etc)
Some of the results they've encountered from evaluation their past communications campaigns
The challenges journalists are facing today, and the rewarding aspects of being a journalist
Why we need more journalists today, and the role of journalists in the society
Get to know more about Greenpeace Philippines by following @gpph on Twitter and @greenpeaceph on Facebook, Instagram, and Tiktok.
How To Be You Po?
In this podcast host Marco talks to young professionals to hear about their stories on how they got into their field, how they studied it, and what they do now in their work. The goal of this podcast is to provide career insights, motivation, and study tips for students who are still deciding on what course to take in college or what career to take after college. Catch new episodes every Friday!
