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Manila Bulletin unveils new look

THE MANILA Bulletin unveiled its new look on Monday, October 21 in preparation for its 120th year. “For the first time in nearly 100 years, the masthead now simply carries the Manila Bulletin name,” the paper said. Previously, it included the year it was established and the phrase “The...

Nagbabagang Kuwento: Ano ang Bago? Reporting on E-cigarettes and Novel Products

PROBE MEDIA Foundation is inviting media practitioners to “Nagbabagang Kuwento: Ano ang Bago? Reporting on E-cigarettes and Novel Products,” a media forum and workshop. The event is free of charge and will be held on November 13, 2019 at the Novotel Hotel, Araneta Center in Cubao, Quezon City. Supported...

CMFR Trustee to receive Freedom of the Press Award

CMFR TRUSTEE Luis V. Teodoro will receive this year’s Titus Brandsma Freedom of the Press award. Luis V. Teodoro is recognized for being “a journalist, editor, and journalism educator whose incisive critiques of Philippine media have inspired generations of media practitioners and scholars. Many of the latter are now...

UP College of Mass Communication Alumni Association names 2019 Glory Awardees

THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC) Alumni Association will honor five accomplished alumni with the 2019 Glory Award. The “Glory Award” is named after Gloria D. Feliciano, the first dean of the UP mass communication program. It honors alumni of UPCMC who have achieved excellence...

Rappler wins award for drug war series

RAPPLER RECEIVED the 2019 Global Shining Light Award for its investigative series on President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war on September 28 at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference in Hamburg, Germany. The seven-part Murder in Manila series, published in October 2018, focused on the local chapter of a vigilante gang...

Playwright Bonifacio Ilagan to receive 2019 Gawad Plaridel

MULTI-AWARDED FILMMAKER and writer Bonifacio Ilagan is this year’s Gawad Plaridel recipient. The annual Gawad Plaridel, established by the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UPCMC), recognizes Filipino media practitioners who have excelled in any media platform in the interest of public service. It is named after...

Aries Rufo Investigative and Explanatory Reporting Program launched

THE JOURNALISM for Nation Building Foundation (JNBF) launched last September 19 the Aries Rufo Investigative and Explanatory Reporting Fellowship Program for Filipino journalists. The fellowship is in honor of the late award-wining investigative reporter Aries Rufo who passed away September 19, 2015. Rufo wrote for Newsbreak and Rappler. His...

Nelson Navarro, 71

COLUMNIST AND author Nelson Navarro passed away Sunday, September 22. He was 71. Navarro had written for The Philippine Star, Malaya and Manila Standard. He also wrote and edited books, among them biographies of sportsman Moro Lorenzo, fellow journalist Max Soliven, educator Nemesio Prudente and former Vice President Emmanuel...

Patricio P. Diaz, 93

VETERAN JOURNALIST, author and Mindanao chronicler Patricio P. Diaz died on August 29 due to a heart attack. He was 93. In his early days, Diaz wrote for the Mindanao Cross as a columnist, reporter and editorial writer-on-call from 1952 to 1967, and was its editor for 21 years...

Floro Mercene, 93

VETERAN JOURNALIST and columnist Floro L. Mercene died of heart failure on Wednesday, August 7. He was 93. Mercene wrote a column for the Manila Bulletin. He started as a reporter for the defunct Philippine News Service. His beat, the Bulletin reported, included the old Balagbag Airport and meeting...