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  • Slow news day

    Jeers to the Manila Bulletin for wasting newspaper space with a story on a “perplexed” President Benigno Aquino III over a Math problem he received through text. Read more

  • AFP press release

    JEERS to Malaya for the report “AFP officials to attend DOJ probe on missing UP students,” which sounded like a press release from the Armed Forces of the Philippines... Read more

  • Alleged news release

    Jeers to Malaya for reporting the alleged association of Escalante City, Negros Occidental Mayor Melecio Yap with the New People’s Army (NPA) which caused the National Police Commission to... Read more

  • Cebu Daily News is looking for an associate editor and a copy editor

    Cebu Daily News is a multi-awarded English-language general interest newspaper based in Cebu City. The community paper belongs to the INQUIRER Group led by the Philippine Daily Inquirer and... Read more

  • Reporting year one of the Aquino administration

    SWEPT TO power in 2010 by a majority unprecedented in the country’s history, President Benigno Aquino III started his inaugural speech with the statement to the people that “Kayo... Read more

  • The media, the bishops and the missing ‘Pajeros’

    The Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) revealed last June that some Catholic bishops had received assistance funds for the purchase of motor vehicles including sports utility vehicles (SUVs). The... Read more

  • CommentaryIn defense of free expression

    THE TEMPEST over artist Mideo Cruz’ art installation underscored one of the ironies of Philippine society. There are no laws explicitly partial to religious groups, but journalists, artists,... Read more

  • PJR Reports July – August 2011

    THE MEDIA whether old (print and broadcast) or new (blogs, online news, and social networking sites) were once again in the center of attention in July and August, as... Read more

  • Are there limits to social media use?

    What happened to motorist and University of the Philippines law student Christopher Lao was an issue of social media excess more than of journalism ethics. GMA News reported the different... Read more

  • Broadcast media fomented the “Poleteismo” controversy

    THE BROUHAHA over visual artist Mideo Cruz’ “Poleteismo”(Polytheism) was the result of deliberate sensationalism by ABS-CBN 2’s “investigative” program XXX. By focusing on Cruz’ art installation (especially on its most... Read more