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Local Media Guidelines in Covering Crisis Situations

Listed below is a matrix of local media organizations’ guidelines for covering hostage situations. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs included these guidelines in its 2006 Standards Ethics Manual. The... Read more

Matrix: Guidelines in Reporting Hostage-Taking and Other Crisis Situations

In light of the August 23 hostage taking in Manila, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) held a roundtable discussion last Sept. 9 on the media coverage... Read more

PNP fails to implement own guidelines during Aug. 23 hostage taking

by Rupert Francis Mangilit The Aug. 23 hostage taking showed severe lapses on how the Philippine police manage crisis situations, including its capacity to deal with the press, despite... Read more

Newsbreak to fund investigative health reports

Online newsmagazine Newsbreak is offering six fellowships for journalists interested in doing investigative reports on health. Under the Maggie de Pano Fund for Investigative Reporting for Health, journalists may avail... Read more

Probe offers Media fellowship on Population and Development

The Probe Media Foundation Inc. (PMFI) is inviting media practitioners to submit entries to its “Mulat Pinoy Media Fellowship Program: Philippine Population in Focus”. The fellowship, according to an official... Read more

APJC invites Asia Pacific journalists in two-week seminar

The Asia Pacific Journalism Center (APJC) invites journalists in the region to apply for its two-week fellowship program. The fellowship, themed “Challenges to stability and development in Indonesia, Malaysia and... Read more

CMFR announces new Ongpin fellows; Lingao 2010 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) held the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS) which discussed press issues and problems in the coverage of the 2010 elections.... Read more

UP CMC announces call for papers for inter-cultural and media conference

Students and practitioners of the media are invited to submit papers for a conference on Asian media and culture this October. The University of the Philippines College of Mass... Read more

Red Cross to give awards for humanitarian reporting

Journalists covering conflict situations are invited to submit entries for the first Red Cross Awards for Humanitarian Reporting. Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC... Read more

The Safety in the Cliche (updated)

By Jonathan Corpus Ong By now Filipinos home and abroad, and witnesses the world over, have a stock of visuals and voices that would mark their experiences of last... Read more