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UPDATED: Supreme Court declares key Cybercrime Law provisions except libel unconstitutional

UPDATE: Supreme Court upholds February ruling on online libel CMFR/Philippines – The Supreme Court En Banc on 22 April 2014 denied all motions for reconsideration (MRs) against the Court’s 18... Read more

Philippine ranking drops in World Press Freedom Index

CMFR/Philippines – The Philippines dropped from 147th place in 2013 to 149th in the 2014 World Press Freedom Index released on 12 February 2014 by the Paris-based organization Reporters Without... Read more

Obit

FILIPINO GRAPHIC artist Giovanni “Bam” Morillo died in a bus crash in Bontoc, Mountain Province last February 7. He was 32. BRITISH JOURNALIST and editor Georgina Henry died of cancer... Read more

Chronicle

PCIJ co-founder is new Academic Dean at Columbia Journalism School Co-founder and former executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Sheila Coronel is the new Dean of... Read more

Court downgrades charge from murder to homicide in radio broadcaster’s killing

CMFR/Philippines – A Court in Cebu City on 16 January 2014 convicted a man of homicide in the case of a radio broadcaster killed 13 years ago in the... Read more

Journalism’s not about the journalist

By Luis. V. Teodoro WHATEVER THE medium — whether print, broadcast or online — journalism is about the news, not about the journalist. What’s most relevant to readers, viewers and... Read more

Navarro, Navarro, and more Navarro

JEERS TO TV Patrol and 24 Oras for allotting a large percentage of air time to the incident involving celebrity-host Vhong Navarro, and failing to provide reports on key... Read more

Media and change: Expecting the impossible

THE MOST powerful organizations in the world are not governments but corporations, and among the most powerful corporations are the global media conglomerates. Read more

Radio reporter still under threat years after surviving slay attempt

CMFR/Philippines – A radio reporter in Bukidnon province has been receiving threatening text messages and said a suspicious man on an unregistered motorbike came looking for him at his... Read more

Obit

GHANAIAN JOURNALIST and news presenter Komla Dumor died last January 18. He was 41. Read more