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Southeast Asia Newsroom Data Bootcamp
CROWDTANGLE, THE team behind the social media analytics and publishing tool, is inviting newsrooms based in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to apply for their Southeast Asia Newsroom... Read more
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US-Iran tension: Is there a policy to address the crisis?
AHEAD OF his Senate impeachment trial, US President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on January 3. The Pentagon said in a statement that... Read more
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Hostile Environment/First Aid Training Course
THE PULITZER Center on Crisis Reporting is accepting applications for Hostile Environment/First Aid Training (HEAFAT) course as part of the Rainforest Journalism Fund (RJF). Independent/freelance or staff journalists of... Read more
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PCIJ in Search of New Executive Director
THE PHILIPPINE Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) announced on January 6 the start of their search for a new executive director following Malou Mangahas’ retirement. Mangahas has been PCIJ’s... Read more
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Twink Macaraig, 55
VETERAN JOURNALIST Muriel “Twink” Macaraig passed away January 14. She was 55 years old. In a post on Facebook, News5 confirmed Twink’s passing after a long-battle with cancer. Macaraig... Read more
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Crony Capitalism Reprised? Looking into the ABS-CBN Issue and Uy
The president’s verbal attacks against ABS-CBN had not triggered the kind of coverage of a major threat to press freedom in the Philippines (See link: “A lack of media... Read more
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CMFR cheers TV 5 Explainer, the exception to passive coverage of yet another OFW death in in Kuwait
THE DEATH of Jeanalyn Villavende in Kuwait in December 2019 prompted the media to recall previous cases of abuse and deaths of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) in that country.... Read more
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Metro Manila Police district chief takes reporter’s phone, deletes video
CMFR/PHILIPPINES — Metro Manila’s Southern Police District (SPD) Chief took the cellphone of GMA 7 TV reporter Jun Veneracion he was using to video an altercation between police officers... Read more
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Sticking to Duterte’s script, media misses the real failure in the water problem
PRESIDENT RODRIGO Duterte has been relentless in attacking Manila Water and Maynilad, the two concessionaire companies for water service in the metropolitan area since the 1990s. In December 2019,... Read more
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Editorial Cartoons of the Week (January 4 to 10)
The Philippine Star, January 4, 2020 The Philippine Star, January 5, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, January 7, 2020 Malaya Business Insight, January 8, 2020 Philippine Daily Inquirer, January 8,... Read more