CMFR Staff, Author at CMFR

Journalist calls for climate change as election issue

CHEERS TO freelance journalist Jhesset Enano for highlighting the lack of discussion of climate change in the current election campaign despite the magnitude and urgency of its impact on... Read more

Multi-sourcing needed: Media’s treatment of killings should go beyond military sources

JEERS TO several print media organizations for taking the word of the military about the death of a volunteer teacher and four others in the province of Davao de... Read more

Baguio journo survives shooting

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – On March 1, Aldwin Quitasol, Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club President and Daily Tribune Correspondent, survived an attempt on his life while walking home in Quezon Hill,... Read more

Print coverage underwhelming, outdone by online media in-depth reports

AS THE public moves away from newspapers, there is so far scant evidence of any effort on the part of print publications to retain their loyal readers. Those surveyed... Read more

Calida threatens Rappler-Comelec partnership

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – Solicitor General Jose Calida threatened legal action to nullify Rappler’s partnership with the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ahead of the 2022 polls. Read more

Media highlight candidates’ campaign sorties

AMID THE COVID-19 pandemic, the campaign period for the May 9 elections started last February 8. The official candidate list of Commission on Elections (Comelec) include: 10 presidential bets;... Read more

This Week in Media (February 21 to 25, 2022)

THE ELECTION campaign is now in full swing, but news coverage led with challenges confronting ordinary Filipinos this week. Read more

Religion and Politics in the Philippine Setting

THE RUN-UP to the general elections has drawn religious leaders into the political fray, with some openly supporting certain candidates. Read more

ANC spotlights EDSA icon Evelio Javier

CHEERS TO ANC’s Rundown for sharing the story of Evelio Javier, one of the most heroic figures now identified with the EDSA uprising of February 1986. Read more

What’s at stake: Bulatlat reminds voters of candidates’ stand on anti-terror law

TO Bulatlat.com for reminding the public that one of the most contested bills in Philippine history should be among the crucial issues they should consider as they cast... Read more