Marvin Conquilla
Tumbok
In our class midterms for INTPRIN, we were asked to go to a newspaper publication. We were assigned to Tumbok which was owned by Inquirer Philippines. Their main office was also located beside the Inquirer Publications Office. They share the same printing press.
We set an appointment before going there with their Managing Editor Mr. Ronnie Briones. Our appointment was scheduled on 3pm July 5, 2008. We arrived early and waited for him to arrive but unfortunately after two hours of waiting, we decided to interview one of their editors, Mr. Perry Legaspi, their sports editor which was free at that time. After interviewing him, he toured us around the office and showed us how it is to work for a newspaper. He even toured us to their printing press and showed us the equipments and how it is being used. But unfortunately, that wasn’t the time that they are printing. After interviewing Mr. Legaspi, we tried to contact Mr. Briones to ask him further questions about the circulation which was not given to us fully by Mr. Legaspi because Mr. Briones is the only one who can decide if they will give out such information since he is the managing editor. Tumbok is produced by Inquirer Publications, Inc. It is located in Louie Prieto Bldg, Mascardo St . corner Pasong Tamo, Makati City . Their contact numbers are (632) 8957514 and their fax number is 8908158. Their website is still in the creation process. Their editors are Managing editor: Mr. Ronnie Briones; News Editor: Mr. John Escosio; Entertainment Editor: Mr. Ed Guiondato and Sports Editor: Mr. Perry Legaspi. They do not have an editor in chief or an executive editor, instead the over-all editor is the managing editor and they have editors for each section of the newspaper. They have reporters in all major beats (ex. Malacanang, etc.), however they cannot really be called reporters, they are more like correspondents or contributors (no full time reporters) and everyone is paid based on submissions. Tumbok is the first newspaper to focus on gaming (horse racing, lotto, etc). It was launched 9 years ago and was owned by the Gokongwei’s with Bandera and the Manila Times. The Gokongwei’s, however, decided to focus on their magazines (FHM, etc.) and decided to sell the newspaper. Inquirer bought Tumbok and formed Inquirer Publications, Inc. They now operate, together with Tumbok, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, Bandera and the Cebu Daily news. They produce approximately 150,000 copies everyday even Sundays. The copies that they have sold or returned were highly confidential. They produce Tumbok nationwide. They used to have two editions but now they only have one edition. Their Editorial deadline is at 9:30 p.m., however, unless there is breaking news, they are usually done by 7:30 p.m. Printing is done at the same location as the editorial. Bandera and the Philippine Daily Inquirer also print here, so do other newspapers like The Herald Tribune and Libre. Their page Page Measurement is an inch smaller than the usual tabloid (same as Libre). They also do not use typesetting anymore. They are now using digital equipments. Their page layout is done in the computer (Inquirer Company uses its own program). Camera stripping is also not used anymore. It is just direct to plate. Their printing starts at 9:30 p.m. which was usually overtime already for them because the editors usually finish their articles by around 7:00 pm. Their machines can print 5,000 copies in ten minutes.
Perry Legaspi's Interview:
Printing Press Tour:
We ran out of memory so we werent able to get everything on record
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