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Media Follow Up Derailed

THE NARRATIVE has moved from just the count of casualties and numbers killed. Media have gone into the lives of victims, humanizing the cases listed in police reports.... Read more

Noli Yamsuan, 71

VETERAN PHOTOGRAPHER Noli Yamsuan died December 10, 2016. He was 71. Yamsuan, a photographer for more than four decades, is remembered for the special assignment he described as... Read more

Reporting #LeniLeaks: Fanning SocMed Speculations

THE PLOT thickens. In the last two weeks, social media personalities have triggered a barrage of anger and outrage, as they released what they claimed as proof of... Read more

Resigned Broadcaster Killed in Ilocos Sur

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Unidentified men riding a motorcycle shot Mario Contaoi who has been identified by different reports as a volunteer reporter, program anchor, as well as a university... Read more

NUJP Website Attacked

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), a media organization focused on welfare and safety of journalists, reported a denial of service attack on... Read more

VETERAN JOURNALIST Monica Feria succumbed to complications due to cancer Friday, December 30. She was 62. Feria’s journalism reflected deep-seated nationalism and unflagging independence. She worked as a... Read more

UN Special Rapporteur Visit: Reporting the Non-negotiable Procedures

OVER 6,000 people have fallen since President Duterte’s election. Even before the president was sworn to office, the media began reporting killings of drug suspects or pushers as... Read more

Documenting the Drug War: A Befitting Eulogy

CHEERS TO Rappler for a dramatic counter narrative to the police blotter and the information recorded to prove the success of President Duterte’s drug war. The seven-part Impunity... Read more

Too Early to Crow! Real Count of Firecracker Injuries 2016

CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for challenging the government’s claim that the firecracker casualty rate went down by 60 percent from the previous year. Health Secretary Paulyn... Read more

Publisher-columnist Shot in Catanduanes; First Journalist Killed Under Duterte

CMFR/ PHILIPPINES – An unidentified gunman shot the publisher-columnist of a two-week old community newspaper in Catanduanes on 19 December 2016. His death is the first media killing... Read more