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CommentaryTV, Willing Willie, the Public Sphere

by Melinda Quintos de Jesus Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports THE CONTROVERSY hounding the television show Willing Willie does not begin and end with the boy, Janjan,... Read more

News as Entertainment

PRESIDENT AQUINO's love life, Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and the British royal wedding were among the major stories in the Philippine media last April. These landed on... Read more

Reporting the Number

by Bernadette Reyes Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports To be the first to know is not always a good thing, especially when people don’t want to hear... Read more

Family of slain Palawan journalist files MR against dismissal of alleged masterminds, accomplices (UPDATED)

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The family of a slain Palawan broadcast journalist filed before the Department of Justice (DOJ) a motion for reconsideration asking the reinstatement of charges against the alleged... Read more

(Updated) Broadcaster allegedly threatened while on air

CMFR/PHILIPPINES - A Davao City-based radio anchor allegedly received a threatening text message (SMS) while criticizing on air the reinstatement of a police commander last 28 June 2011. Read more

High Court grants request for transfer of venue of alleged gunman’s trial in broadcaster’s murder

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Supreme Court (SC) of the Philippines ordered the transfer of the trial of the alleged gunman in the 2010 killing of a Davao Oriental radio broadcaster... Read more

PJR Reports May – June 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Out of the Media Box Covering Oil Price Hikes by Sonny Africa News Agenda Failure? Focus On a Wedding by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo... Read more

In-depth

CHEERS to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for an in-depth report on the finances and the tax cases filed against ex-Presidential son, now Ang Galing Pinoy Representative... Read more

One source story

JEERS to The Daily Tribune for a single-sourced report on the alleged plan of 2010 Liberal Party Vice Presidential candidate Manuel Roxas II to oust House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte... Read more

Puff piece

Jeers to The Manila Times for its puff piece on Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. The April 18 front-page article “Quezon City eyes premiere status” initially discussed the possibility... Read more