Ace's Entry (SPECIAL EDITION): The OWWA files episode 1

Ace's Entry (SPECIAL EDITION)
THE OWWA FILES EPISODE 1
26 April 2005 Tuesday

MANILA – After countless "phone pestering" and story outlining, an
aspiring journalist took pride in saying that he has finished the
first draft of his OWWA feature story.

Alexis, 20, a resident of Sampaloc and an intern of OFW Journalism Consortium

(OFWJC) submitted his first draft via e-mail to his mentor, Leonillo
Santiago, who will in turn, pass it to Dennis Estopace, OFWJC Vice
president. "Ang sarap ng feeling" Romero said. "Para kang nabunutan ng
tinik at nawalan constipation"

The story, which featured the launching of OWWA's Halfway Home for
transients and distressed OFWs, contained more than 1,300 words.
Romero attributes the length of the story to the relevance of the data
collected.

"It was supposed to be a short story but the information gathered are
so relevant…it's hard to discard them" he said. "Thanks to the patient
people and the informative literature available to me"

But despite the accomplishment, Romero said that he is ready to revise
or improve the article. "Yung haba pa lang nun baka isumpa na ako ng
editors ko. But that's journalism..parang kakambal na ng revisions" he
said.

Romero's article is part of his tasks as an intern of OFWJC.