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It’s A Wrap

ORANJESTAD — Aruba To-
day has launched a series
of videos called ‘Ask Pilar’
at Facebook Aruba Today
and on our website www. uating the plans for short park, play with my three
arubatoday.com. Let us in- video’s about a year ago. cats, color and spend time
troduce this project to you The concept was created with my boyfriend.”
and meet the people be- by Editor-in-Chief Linda
hind it. Reijnders to add variety The one capturing the im-
to the product Aruba To- ages with his camera and
Why a video? Besides our day. “There is more to this editing them is our vid-
free daily newspaper, island than palm trees and eographer Juan Luis Pinto
posts on Facebook and In- beaches and in our videos Sotter, Marketing Major at
stagram and our website we wish to inform and edu- the University of Aruba. “I
content, we started eval- cate the visitor by showing chose marketing because I
local places and charac- wanted a career that kept
ters of any kind. We are all me physically and mentally
new to this, the goal is not active. As a marketer there
to deliver a technical per- is a lot of moving around,
fect result, moreover moti- I can't begin to imagine
vate with the content and what the real world will be
topic as well as the good like.” His hobbies include
energy coming from it.” photography, gaming,
Aruba Today will release and working on his car. “I
more videos and the con- am not a car mechanic,
cept will be more interac- however YouTube helps a
tive. This means that as the lot and I find it very thera-
title of the video ‘Ask Pilar peutic to put everything
‘already reveals, the viewer aside and work on this
has the tool to actually ask piece of metal that helps
about the topics shown, or me move long distances.”
even suggest a location/ Juan Luis loves to capture
topic for a video. Just ask moments with his camera
our host Pilar through Face- and edit them into a dy-
book comments or mes- namic video.
senger. Video Director of ‘Ask Pi-
lar’ is Editor-in-Chief Linda
THE TEAM Reijnders, working in this
Pilar Flores, 33- years- old, current position since July
is the jolly host of ‘Ask Pi- 2017 and before that for six
lar’. She loves doing the years with the local Dutch
videos because she gets newspaper, Amigoe di
to know many interesting Aruba as a journalist and
places and meet a lot of Editor-in-Chief of the mag-
nice people. “I hope with azine H&H. “I love working
it that people will get to in the media, I love to write,
know and love Aruba the create, connect, inform
way us locals do.” Flores is and educate. Working with
Executive Editor at Bon Dia, young, talented and mo-
Aruba Today’s sister new- tivated people like Juan
paper, where she is fond Luis and Pilar is a blessing to
of being up to date on all me. We really enjoy mak-
current happenings and ing these Aruba Peeks and
events and having the in- we surely hope that rubs off
side scoop. She has a Bach- to the viewer.”
elor of Theology, achieved Check us out on Facebook
in Aberdeen, Scotland and Aruba Today or the web-
a Masters of Applied Ethics site www.arubatoday.com
in Utrecht, The Netherlands. and do not forget to like
“In my leisure time I like to and share! Thank you for
walk in Arikok National your support. q