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Community publication executive director threatened

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An unidentified man bearing a bouquet of flowers and a photo of Eastern Vista newspaper Executive Director Frenchiemae Cumpio visited the office in Tacloban City, Leyte on 31... Read more

Gabino Tabuñar Jr., 94

GABINO “GABY” TABUÑAR, Jr., veteran journalist and chairman emeritus of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (FOCAP), passed away on Tuesday, February 4. He was 94. In a... Read more

News that keeps up with science

JOURNALISTS HAVE demonstrated improved capacity in reporting tropical cyclones and its dangers. Some 20 typhoons a year gives the press a lot of practice. With the eruption of Taal,... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 25 to 31)

Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 25, 2020 The Manila Times, January 27, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 30, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 31, 2020 The Manila Times, January 31,... Read more

Initial coverage on nCoV threat: Some media organize information better than others

ON DECEMBER 31, 2019, overseas news reported an outbreak of a “mysterious” respiratory disease spreading in China. By January 7, 2020, Chinese health authorities had identified the disease as... Read more

Journalists barred from press briefing in evacuation center

CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Police barred members of the media from an evacuation center for displaced indigenous people in Davao City on 25 January 2020. The media were there to cover... Read more

Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 18 to 24)

Malaya Business Insight, January 20, 2020 The Manila Times, January 20, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 22, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, January 23, 2020 The Philippine Star, January 24,... Read more

ICC complaint withdrawal: Does it Matter?

ON JANUARY 14, lawyer and International Criminal Court (ICC) complainant Jude Sabio announced that he would withdraw his complaint. He said that he realized the complaint he filed before... Read more

Problematic numbers: Reporting the “Duterte Legacy”

WITH TWO more years to go, the Duterte administration seems overly concerned with drumming up publicity over its legacy. The Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) launched a “Duterte Legacy”... Read more

Contextualizing news: TV reports capture irony of Chinese Coast Guard “friendly” visit

WHOAH! IT’S the Philipiine Coast Guard (PCG) making “nice-nice” with the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG). How should any self-respecting journalist report the event? With tongue in cheek or a... Read more