CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR | Page 253 of 406

Regional perspective on media reforms in Myanmar

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus The landscape of media freedom in Southeast Asia shows a mix of government regimes and media systems. To provide a regional perspective is therefore a... Read more

Four months after Yolanda: Post-disaster news coverage

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... Read more

Blown out of proportion

The incident involving celebrity-host Vhong Navarro gained massive media coverage which highlighted some failures of the press and raised questions on media coverage, news priorities, context and media perspective... Read more

Beyond the five Ws and the H: Probing the ‘Binay incident’

THE PHILIPPINE Daily Inquirer reported on Dec. 19, 2013 that Makati City mayor Junjun Binay had several security guards of Dasmariñas Village arrested for barring the exit of his... Read more

Editor charged with libel for publishing ad

CMFR/Philippines – A newspaper editor in Cagayan de Oro City has been charged with criminal libel for publishing allegedly libelous advertisements in 2012. He posted bail on 25 February... Read more

Chronicle

MICS conflict reporting seminar; SEJ awards for environmental reporting Read more

Obit

AMERICAN JOURNALIST and newspaper editor Lawrence “Bo” Connor died last February 28. He was 88. AMERICAN JOURNALIST William “Bill” Thomas died last February 23. He was 89. Read more

Suspect in shooting of radio reporter shot dead (UPDATED)

In a memorandum forwarded to CMFR dated 10 February 2013, the Office of the Chief Philippine National Police (OCPNP) said that police officer Rex delos Reyes, the primary suspect... Read more

Chronicle

CIFOR environmental workshop for journalists The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) is accepting applications for its environmental workshop for journalists in Southeast Asia. The CIFOR workshop will provide... Read more

Unverified, sensationalized reporting (UPDATED)

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Bandila for blatantly violating the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas’ (KBP) Broadcast Code of the Philippines and the network’s own internal “Standards Ethics Manual”... Read more