Chronicle

Teodoro returns to CMFR
Prof. Luis V. Teodoro joins the Philippine Journalism Review Reports as editorial consultant and member of the Board of Advisers.

A journalism professor at the University of the Philippines, Teodoro was editor of the Philippine Journalism Review from 2000-2004. He is also columnist for BusinessMirror.

New web-based resource on press freedom
Freedom House released on Oct. 11 a new web-based resource providing comprehensive information about press freedom around the world. It includes global and regional pages highlighting the trends for each year as well as detailed historical data since 1980 sourced from the organization’s annual Freedom of the Press survey.

Other features of the new web pages include interactive maps showing the state of press freedom for each year since 2002 as well as reports and ratings for every country in the world. The web pages also contain links to press freedom resources, including Freedom House press releases, opinion-editorial pieces, activities, and other press freedom and media support groups.

The enhancements on the website were supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation.

Another free newspaper launched
The Manila Standard Today launched a free newspaper, the Standard Xpress, last month.

The paper is being distributed from Monday to Friday in Lines 1 and 2 of the Light Rail Transit and in Line 3 of the Metro Railway Transit which runs through Edsa.

Tabloid in format, the paper has 12 pages and allots space for both hard and soft news. On its maiden issue, the paper reported a daily circulation of 100,000, which is audited by the Punongbayan and Araullo auditing firm.

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