CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Reporting crime: Heart and ethical sensitivity needed

JEERS TO some Baguio-based news organizations, which sensationalized the killing of a woman by using photographs of her corpse from August 30 to September 7. Read more

MindaNews features new Bangsamoro “torchbearers”

CHEERS TO MindaNews for its report on recent developments in the Bangsamoro region. Posted on September 3 and 4, the two-part special report called attention to the new generation... Read more

Facebook Fundamentals for News launched in the Philippines

THE META Journalism Project has launched the Facebook Fundamentals for News Program in the Philippines to train journalists and publishers to “combat misinformation” and “improve journalism.” Read more

ANFREL offers media fellowship program on election reporting

THE ASIAN Network for Free Elections (ANFREL) is offering its media fellowship program that has a series of online intensive training sessions on fundamental election concepts and reporting techniques. Read more

This Week in Media (August 29 to September 2, 2022)

WHEN PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. appointed himself Secretary of Agriculture last June 20, he said that the problems of the sector were “severe enough” that he had to step... Read more

Media track cuts, spikes in Marcos’ proposed budget

ONCE MORE, ‘tis the season for budget talk. This is one area of concern about which the media can lead with news and commentary to help the public understand... Read more

Editorial cartoons and the long journey of political commentary

THE SLIDE of print as a source of news continues. And the decision to cut out cartoons from more Op-Ed pages is poignant. Read more

Rappler tour exposes Marcoses’ ill-gotten wealth, highlights PCGG role

CHEERS TO Rappler's exclusive video tour of New York with Ruben Carranza, former commissioner of the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG). Clearly not your usual tour of the... Read more

This Week in Media (August 22 to 26, 2022)

AFTER TWO years of a national school lockdown, schools opened with face to face classes on Monday, August 22. Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte... Read more

Beyond event reporting: Vera Files and Rappler recall history on Ninoy Aquino Day

CHEERS TO Vera Files and Rappler for taking a different tack on the 39th anniversary of the assassination of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr. on August 21, 1983. Read more