2012 | CMFR
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PJR Reports October-December 2012
The year 2012 was particularly problematic for the Philippine press, primarily because of the continuing harassment and killing of journalists. But Presidential and Congressional initiatives as well as default... Read more
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Covering the Sin Tax Bill: Mostly focused on Policy Issues
PROMINENTLY IN the news in October and November this year was the “sin” tax bill (now known as Republic Act No. 10351 or An Act Restructuring the Excise Tax... Read more
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Prickly points of practice
HERE, AGAIN, are discussions of points raised with me now and then by students of journalism as well as practitioners and outsiders who have to deal with them—news subjects... Read more
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TV network, online site enter media landscape
NEWS NEVER stops, and neither do the news organizations. A new television channel and a new online content provider were launched in 2012 just as the impeachment trial of... Read more
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Obit, September-December 2012
Obituary of journalists and media workers from September to December 2012. Read more
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Estabaya, 62
FILIPINO PHOTOGRAPHER Oscar “Oca” Estabaya succumbed to liver cancer last Oct. 23. He was 62. Read more
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All about Hagedorn
JEERS TO The Philippine Star for a “personality” piece on Puerto Princesa City Mayor Edward Hagedorn, who is running for senator in the May 2013 elections. Read more
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Seminar-workshop on news media ethics for blocktimers and freelance broadcasters
CMFR will hold a seminar-workshop on news media ethics, with support from the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Manila through the US Department of State Small Democracy... Read more
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Measuring poverty
CHEERS TO GMA News for explaining how the government measures poverty incidence through food and nutrition requirements. Read more


