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August 18, 2025

MONA MAGNO-VELUZ ON KEEPING STORIES ALIVE FROM NEWSROOM TO NEWSFEED

- By ANTHEA GRAPE

The truth has new homes

Print is not a dying medium. The internet has simply given it new places to live.

Mona Magno-Veluz, better known on TikTok as Mighty Magulang, made this point at The Philippine STAR's 39th anniversary celebration. Picking up where Editor-in-Chief Ana Marie Pamintuan left off, she bridged the conversation between tradition and transformation.

"I am a former corporate slave, a disability rights advocate, and a feminist," she began. "Klaro lang, hindi po ako journalist. I am a content creator and unlike many, I know the difference."

Her battlefield is online, but the mission is the same: to inform, connect, and make an impact. She believes the pursuit of truth doesn't end on printed paper.

"Digital is not the enemy," she said. "It's a platform to repurpose legacy materials in modern formats. Your archives, your voices, your headlines can live again in new ways."

WHEN PRINT AND DIGITAL WORK TOGETHER

Magno-Veluz noted that social media can amplify deep reporting and bring underreported issues to light.

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