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Media reports on week of disasters and climate issues

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: February 19, 2024 | Filed under: For the Record

FLOODS, LANDSLIDES, a forest fire, drought – news this month presented a rather frightful state of the country.
Beyond the numbers: Reporting disaster

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: October 22, 2021 | Filed under: Journalism Review

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for calling attention to the larger landscape of devastation that Typhoon Maring (Kompasu) left in Northern Luzon. Maring brought above a month’s average...
Disaster response lacking in anti-COVID-19 measures

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: October 31, 2020 | Filed under: Journalism Review

AS THE country braces itself for the landfall of Typhoon Rolly, the 18th tropical cyclone to hit the country this year, the government seems at a loss about how...
National protocols for animal protection during disasters needed

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: January 24, 2020 | Filed under: Journalism Review

WHEN THE Taal Volcano began spewing ash on January 12, the residents of the communities surrounding the picturesque landmark evacuated, taking with them their possessions. But as droves of...
Batanes earthquakes: Media must look into lapses in disaster preparedness

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: August 9, 2019 | Filed under: Journalism Review, Media Ethics and Responsibility

TYPHOON RESILIENT Batanes proved no match to earthquakes. Two tremors, one of magnitude 5.4 at 4:16 a.m. and another of magnitude 5.9 at 7:37 a.m. on Saturday, July 27,...
Media Notes Lapses in Disaster Response

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: January 16, 2018 | Filed under: Journalism Review

AS THE year drew to a close, two typhoons, Urduja (Kai-tak) and Vinta (Tembin) barreled through Mindanao. The first made landfall in Eastern Samar on December 16 and...
Reporting Project NOAH’s Contribution to Effective Disaster Response

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: February 1, 2017 | Filed under: Journalism Review

CHEERS TO Rappler for a piece enumerating contributions of Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) in disaster management in light of the recent news of its impending...
Lessons Learned: ‘Lawin’ and Improved Disaster Coverage

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: October 28, 2016 | Filed under: Journalism Review

LAWIN (International name: Haima) was not only the 12th typhoon to hit the country this year — it was also reported to be as powerful as Yolanda (Haiyan)...
Disaster Preparedness in the Time of La Niña

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: May 31, 2016 | Filed under: Journalism Review

CHEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Failon Ngayon for looking into the state of government’s pending flood-control projects as summer segued into the rainy season. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and...
Four months after Yolanda: Post-disaster news coverage

Posted by: CMFR Staff | Posted on: March 13, 2014 | Filed under: Ethics, Journalism Review

Yolanda’s destruction has retained global attention as efforts continue to address the problems of the affected communities in Central Visayas. The public has not let go of its interest...