We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Obit Yohanna Ririhena, 51 INDONESIAN JOURNALIST Yohanna Ririhena died of a brain hemorrhage Thursday, July 29. She was 51. Ririhena was the world desk deputy editor of the The Jakarta Post. She started her journalism career as a correspondent for the Suara Pembaruan Daily before joining Jakarta Post where she... William Gaines, 82 VETERAN INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER William Gaines died July 20 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for 15 years. He was 82. In 1976, he won his first Pulitzer Prize as an undercover partner of a team that revealed the abuse occurring in federal housing programs and the extremely poor state... Obit Sydney Schanberg, 82 AWARD-WINNING REPORTER Sydney Schanberg died after suffering a heart attack Saturday, July 9 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, New York. He was 82. Schanberg  was a foreign correspondent for The New York Times where he started as a copy boy in 1959. He became... Obit Floreño Solmirano, 70 VETERAN JOURNALIST Floreño Solmirano died  June 27, Monday. He was 70. Solmirano was the former bureau chief of Inquirer Southern Luzon. He started as an Inquirer correspondent in Bicol. In 1998, Solmirano, together with other Inquirer reporters, organized the Southern Luzon bureau of the paper,... Obit Rogelio Bagabuyo, 75 MINDANAO-BASED COLUMNIST and lawyer Rogelio Bagabuyo died of kidney failure Thursday, June 16. He was 75. Bagabuyo was a columnist for the Gold Star Daily. His columns, which appeared on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, were usually on his advocacy for a shift to a federal... Obit Zena O’Rourke, 53 AWARD-WINNING BRITISH EDITOR Zena O’Rourke died after a year-long battle with cancer Friday, June 10. She was 53. O’Rourke was the  editor of the Cornish Guardian and the Somerset County Gazette. She edited the Guardian for six years before leaving in April 2015 to pursue... Obit Vicente Torres, 66 FORMER PHILIPPINE DAILY EXPRESS REPORTER Vicente Torres died Thursday, June 2 of a heart ailment. He was 66. Torres was a reporter for the defunct Philippine Daily Express, but was among those who had to migrate to the United States upon the declaration of martial law... Obit Stanley Burke, 93 CANADIAN NEWS ANCHOR Stanley Burke died Saturday, May 28. He was 93. Burke anchored Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s The National News from 1966 to 1969 before it was rebranded as The National. He also worked as a foreign correspondent in France and Nigeria where he covered... Obit Nurjahan Begum, 91 PIONEER FEMALE JOURNALIST Nurjahan Begum died Monday, May 23. She was 91. Begum was widely regarded as the first female journalist of Bangladesh. She was the daughter of prominent journalist Mohammad Nasiruddin. In 1947, Nasiruddin founded the Begum Magazine, which was eventually edited by Begum.... Obit Rogelio Ordoñez, 75 ACCLAIMED POET, JOURNALIST, AND EDUCATOR Rogelio Ordoñez died Thursday, May 19. He was 75. Ordoñez was the former Editor-in-chief of the alternative newspaper Pinoy Weekly. He also previously headed various writers’ organizations such including the Cavite Press Club, Philippine Writers Academy, and Pambansang Unyon ng Manunulat (PANULAT). He... « Previous1…891011Next »
