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Alleged gunman in killing of editor-publisher surrenders
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The alleged gunman in the killing of Davao del Sur publisher-editor Nestor Bedolido surrendered last October 2010. Davao del Sur is a province approximately 995 kilometers south... Read more
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THE AUG. 23 HOSTAGE-TAKING: Media lapses invited government intervention
MEDIA COVERAGE of the Aug. 23 hostage taking at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand provoked attempts at state intervention within days of the event, making it one of the most significant... Read more
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Self regulation vs. government intervention: CMFR holds RTD on crisis coverage guidelines
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) gathered news managers and reporters from several news organizations last Sept. 8 to discuss the media’s need to firmly adopt and... Read more
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The one minute delay that may have cost a life
The camera started rolling at 5:20 am. ABS CBN cameraman Angel Valderama and his assistant Marlon Sayson took footage in Makati City of a shootout in the early morning... Read more
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Obit: Mus, 59
Dutch journalist Conny Mus died Aug. 19 of heart failure. He was 59. Mus, one of the best known broadcast and television reporters of The Netherlands, was also the... Read more
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Obit: Roth, 91
British journalist Andrew Roth died of prostate cancer in London on Aug. 12. He was 91. Roth was born in New York in 1919 but has acquired British citizenship... Read more
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FIGHTING IMPUNITY: The 2010 multimedia competition to mark the first year of Ampatuan Massacre
ABOUT THE CONTEST This is a multimedia competition to encourage and enhance public awareness of the killing of journalists and the culture of impunity as part of the commemoration... Read more
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Fighting impunity: FFFJ, UP launch competition to mark the first year of Ampatuan Massacre
The Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ), through its secretariat, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), with the cooperation of the University of the Philippines College of... Read more
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Alleged gunman in murder of broadcaster arrested
CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police arrested on 23 September 2010 the alleged gunman in the killing of a radio broadcaster in June 2010 in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte,... Read more
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Sidebar | When is a columnist too partisan?
(Click here to see the main story) The Philippine Daily Inquirer confirmed on June 17 that Belinda Olivares-Cunanan, who had been with the paper when it was founded, would... Read more