The Return of PJR

ALONG with the holding of the 17th Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism, the Philippine Journalism Review (PJR) was launched as a refereed journal on June 28. A “refereed journal” is an academic publication the articles of which are reviewed by experts or “referees” prior to publication. The only such publication on journalism in Southeast Asia, PJR began as a bimonthly magazine in 1990 and was published until 2004. It was replaced by the monthly Philippine Journalism Review Reports (PJR Reports), which now complements it. In its revived form as a journal, PJR is edited by Luis V. Teodoro, deputy director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and former dean of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication. Academics and media practitioners from the University of the Philippines, Ateneo de Manila University, the University of Santo Tomas, the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication, and St. Scholastica’s College comprise its Board of Advisers. The first issue includes the following articles: “Web Radio: A New Medium Transforms the Old” by Luz R. Rimban; “Surviving the Government: The Failed Privatization of RPN-9” by Hazel E. Gulmatico; “The Future of Newspapers” by Lourdes E. Simbulan ( Chit Estella); Romancing Newspaper Readers by Georgina R. Encanto; and “Libel and the Courts: The Battle for Press Freedom” by Ma. Cristina V. Rodriguez. The journal also contains a commentary, “Teaching Online Journalism” by Danilo A. Arao and book reviews by Ma. Aurora Lolita L. Lomibao and Yvonne T. Chua. The complete text of the Unified Amended Press Complaint against Jose Miguel T. Arroyo, husband of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, is also in the journal. The complaint alleges that Arroyo abused his right by filing 11 libel suits against 46 journalists.

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