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Rappler’s Vitug wins Best Book in Journalism award

RAPPLER EDITOR at large Marites Dañguilan Vitug won the Best Book in Journalism award in the 38th National Book Awards (NBA) for “Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case against China,” which was published by Bughaw, an Ateneo de Manila University Press Imprint. “In 2016, the Philippines...

PH still has most unsolved media killings —watchdog

THE NEW YORK-BASED press freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has released its 2019 Global Impunity Index which ranks states with the worst records of prosecuting the killers of journalists. The Philippines is number five because very few killers of journalists have been punished for their crimes. CPJ’s...

Rappler CEO Ressa wins Stanford Award

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST Maria Ressa won this year’s Stanford University Shorenstein Journalism Award. The CEO and executive editor of online news site Rappler received the award from the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) for her efforts in presenting the complexities of the situation in the Asia-Pacific region. Stanford...

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...