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Print Monitors

The forgotten While Congress and media were preoccupied with the Charter-change debate, important bills were gathering dust in the House of Representatives. The Manila Times published a special report... Read more

Speaking of Media

A bold experiment “University of the Philippines law professor Harry Herminio Roque now presents us with a bold and novel experiment. In behalf of almost all of the defendants... Read more

Editor’s Note: Rough Spots

In a television talk show a few nights ago, lawyer Harry Roque swore he would never work with journalists again. When the talk show host asked why, the usually... Read more

TV Monitors

Not by numbers alone MEDIA’S REPORTAGE on surveys has been very spotty. The background of the studies is often forgotten. For instance, Bandila reported last May 3 on a... Read more

Crisis: International

Zimbabwe gov’t monitoring communications ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe has signed a law allowing the interception and monitoring of communications transmitted through a telecommunication, postal, or any other related service... Read more

Media lawyer and family threatened with death

CMFR/Philippines—The lawyer handling the class action suit of Filipino journalists against presidential spouse Jose Miguel Arroyo received several threatening text messages and a phone call on 3 January 2007.... Read more

Pampanga reporter arrested for libel

CMFR/Philippines—A reporter in Pampanga, a province 80 kilometers north of Manila, was arrested on 19 December 2006 for libel. Dante Fabian, a senior reporter for Sun.Star Pampanga, was arrested... Read more

Writing for Radio

Finding romance in a second choice Writing for radio Melbe S. Estonilo NEVER dreamed of becoming a radio broadcaster, much less a radio news writer. When I took up... Read more

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