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Erwin Lemuel Oliva
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🇵🇭 Former journo. Writer. Editor. Part-time professor in communications, journalism, and digital publishing. Ex-Yahoo. Marketer. Husband. Dad. Loves music, books, and 🎸. Opinions expressed here are my own.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Nov 18
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · 1d
Filipinos get most of their news from social media — but it’s still the same TV journalists who dominate online.
Credibility > virality.
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Newsletter #37: Who is shaping the Philippine news today?
Things that made me pay attention, you should pay attention to, and needs attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · 15d
Japan Has a New Leader, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/w...
Japan Has a New Leader, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 27d
Our Friday edition of Journalism Today is here featuring pieces on the backlash music journalists face, our report on how people use AI, and Google's search visibility for publishers.

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Journalism Today. 10 Oct 2025
Research | Reporting | Fellowships | Leadership 🗞️ Our top story Inside the fan backlash facing critics in the digital age. Over the past few years, artists and their fans have become emboldened to at...
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Sep 30
Earthquake in Philippines Kills at Least 20, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...
Earthquake in Philippines Kills at Least 20, Officials Say
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Sep 19
🔥 From frustration to action: a small team hacked a better gov site—and sparked a movement.

📖 Newsletter #33 is live

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Newsletter #33: An interview with someone who wants a 'better government' website
Things that made me pay attention, I pay attention to, and that you should pay attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Sep 13
Goodbye, Cris. Losing a friend leaves a quiet space that words can’t fill, but writing this helped. 💔

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Newsletter #32: Bye, Cris.
A letter to a colleague, a mentor, a good friend, and a family man.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Sep 2
Can AI help journalists “interview” data? 📰🤖

Filipino journalist Jaemark Tordecilla scraped 9,000+ flood control projects from gov’t records—then used AI to make sense of it.

Why this matters for investigative reporting:
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#AI #Journalism #DataJournalism
Newsletter #31: How can journalists use AI to "interview" data (aka doing data journalism)
Things that made me pay attention, that you should pay attention to, and needs your attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Aug 27
Police responded to an active shooting situation at a Minneapolis Catholic church and school on Wednesday morning, according to authorities
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Aug 27
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Aug 27
📖 Less people are reading today. From 28% in 2004 → 16% in 2023.

In my latest Substack, I ask: Why are we reading less? And what does this mean for us?

👉 See link

What’s the last book or article that really made you stop and think?

#ReadingMatters #Substack

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Newsletter #30: Less people are reading for fun; why we read and collect books
Stuff I pay attention to, that made me pay attention, and you should pay attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Aug 20
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/t...
Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Up Meta’s A.I. Efforts, Again
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Aug 14
GPT-5 was hyped as “the smartest AI yet” 🤖✨
Users say it’s slower, blander, and less fun.
People miss GPT-4o like an old friend 💔
Backlash brought it back—behind a $20 paywall.
Progress is cool, but empathy’s part of the upgrade.
AI: 🛠️ or 🫂?
Newsletter #28: GPT-5 backlash, cancelling news subscriptions, and testing an AI fact-checker
Things I pay attention to, and stuff I care about.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jul 17
Newsletter #24: Headline writing and AI, the post-website world, and why we love superheroes
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Newsletter #24: Headline writing and AI, the post-website world, and why we love superheroes
Things that made me pay attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jul 9
Newsletter #23: AI and Google's Cash Cow, Fake AI-generated band exposed, and Bad Actors using AI to Spread Propaganda
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Newsletter #23: AI and Google's Cash Cow, Fake AI-generated band exposed, and Bad Actors using AI to Spread Propaganda
Things that made me pay attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jul 3
Newsletter #21: What am I reading? Empire of AI, The Genius Myth, the Patriot, by @erwinoliva open.substack.com/pub/erwinoli...
Newsletter #21: What am I reading? Empire of AI, The Genius Myth, the Patriot
Books that kept me reading.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jun 19
I just turned 52. Now what? Still figuring it out — but I’ve learned this: life isn’t about having all the answers. It’s about showing up, staying curious, and knowing when to say yes to yourself. 👉 Read it via open.substack.com/pub/erwinoli...
Newsletter #20: I'm 52, now what?
My standard, annual reflection of another year on this Earth.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jun 12
Newsletter #19: Our civic duty, the 'Next Conversation,' and teachers using AI, by @erwinoliva open.substack.com/pub/erwinoli...
Newsletter #19: Our civic duty, the 'Next Conversation,' and teachers using AI
Things that made me pay attention.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jun 10
Frederick Forsyth, Master of the Geopolitical Thriller, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Frederick Forsyth, Master of the Geopolitical Thriller, Dies at 86
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Susan Glasser @sbg1.bsky.social · Jun 3
Congrats to great colleague/fellow podcaster @eosnos.bsky.social on his new book out today with the best title, ‘The Haves and the Have-Yachts,’ a summer must read for these oligarchic times
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Jun 4
Ukraine Shows It Can Still Flip the Script on How Wars Are Waged www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
Ukraine Shows It Can Still Flip the Script on How Wars Are Waged
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · May 4
Remembering Lolo Mar.

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Newsletter #18: Remembering Lolo Mar and my stories about him
A tribute to my father-in-law.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Mar 31
They Found Love at a Construction Site, Then Were Trapped Beneath It www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/w...
As Rescuers Work at Collapsed Bangkok Building, Those Who Found Love There Await News
The Bangkok building razed by Friday’s quake employed men and women who had found love at work. Despite glimmers of hope, many were still beneath the rubble.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Mar 25
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But Her Emails?
The Signal security breach would be bad enough if those involved had not spent so much time criticizing Hillary Clinton for her mishandling of classified information.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Mar 25
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The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
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Erwin Lemuel Oliva @erwinoliva.bsky.social · Mar 24
I remember this quote I often use in class, “Anyone who can tweet has an opinion.” Now, anyone who talks about news, and makes their opinion known, is…an influencer. 😎