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Lessons from The Frontlines

On Building Credible Media Lessons from The Frontlines By Eugenia Duran Apostol 2006 Magsaysay Awardee for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts In the 1880s, during Plaridel’s time, the Filipino was suffering... Read more

Monitors

Gloria’s pie in the sky Media were quick to spot the problem of funding of the infrastructure projects ticked off by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her State of... Read more

Monitors: Online

Who they are The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) helped readers know more about the members of the Melo commission, which was commissioned by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo... Read more

Rallying Behind Bandila

ABS-CBN performs ‘act of leadership’—but who’s following? Rallying Behind Bandila By Hector Bryant L. Macale It promised leadership. When ABS-CBN announced it was reformatting its late night news, viewers... Read more

Monitors: TV

Jailhouses don’t rock Stories on crime and criminals need not be confined to slapping scenes at the police station. Thankfully, 24 Oras knows that. Veering away from the usual... Read more

Monitors: Print

Jueteng blues In its report on Aug. 12 (“PNP now controls jueteng”), Malaya let out a mouthful about the Philippine National Police (PNP). Relying on interviews with Lingayen-Dagupan Bishop... Read more

Speaking of Media

On (not quite) giving up… or something “It started with an e-mail sent by Jim Paredes to his large network of relatives and friends. It concerned the Philippine Daily... Read more

Editor’s Note: Where Time has Stopped

For some time now, the mantra of the disillusioned among the supporters of People Power has been: “It’s now x years since Edsa 1 (or 2) and we still... Read more

CMFR Philippines Libel Update: Presidential spouse files libel vs. columnist

A well-known hard-hitting columnist and broadcaster was sued for libel by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s husband for the former’s alleged defamatory articles linking the first gentleman to smuggling activities. In... Read more

Press freedom in Thailand erodes — SEAPA

In a statement posted in its blog yesterday, the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) said that press freedom in Thailand begins to deteriorate. “The overall environment for the press... Read more