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Rappler Team Wins 2 Awards For Drug War Story

ONLINE NEWS site Rappler‘s investigative team won the Society of Publishers in Asia‘s (SOPA) Excellence in Human Rights Reporting Award and Excellence in Investigative Reporting Award for a 2018 series on the Duterte administration’s so-called drug war. On May 29, SOPA announced that Rappler‘s seven-part investigative story, “Murder in...

Rappler CEO Ressa Receives Columbia Journalism Award

RAPPLER CEO Maria Ressa received the 2019 Columbia University Journalism Award on May 22. Ressa was recognized by the Journalism School’s faculty “for the depth and quality of her work, as well as her courage and persistence in the field.” The award, established in 1958, is given annually by...

Jojo A. Robles, 57

FORMER MANILA Standard editor-in-chief Jojo A. Robles passed away on Thursday, May 23, due to a lingering illness. He was 57. Starting as a researcher when he joined the Standard, Robles worked his way up to become a reporter, deskman, metro desk editor, national editor, and finally as editor-in-chief...

Call for Entries: Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism

THE ATENEO Art Gallery (AAG) and the Kalaw‑Ledesma Foundation, Inc. (KLFI) are now accepting entries for the Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism. Purita Kalaw-Ledesma Prizes in Art Criticism was established in honor of art writer and Art Association of the Philippines founder, Purita Kalaw-Ledesma. One of the goals...

Filipina Photojournalist Wins Int’l Award for “Drug War” Coverage

FILIPINA PHOTOJOURNALIST Eloisa Lopez was named by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) as the recipient of the 2019 Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award for her coverage of the Duterte administration’s “drug war.” Lopez is a freelance photographer who specializes in stories on human rights, women and religion....

Anselmo Roque, 80

VETERAN JOURNALIST Anselmo Roque succumbed to a lingering illness on Monday, April 29. He was 80 years old. Roque joined the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 1986 as its correspondent in Nueva Ecija. He also became an editorial consultant for some community papers in Central Luzon, the Inquirer reported. Roque...

The Manila Times Editor Asked to Resign After Criticizing Ouster Plot Story

THE MANILA Times Managing Editor Felipe Salvosa II resigned over the newspaper’s story on the alleged plot by media organizations and a lawyers’ group to oust President Rodrigo Duterte.

Ressa Among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People

RAPPLER CHIEF Executive Officer and Executive Editor Maria Ressa is one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2019. Ressa joins other global leaders, artists and sports icons in the list. “Now in its 16th year, the TIME 100 is far more than an annual list of the...

PH Slips Further in RSF World Press Freedom Index; Cites Persecution of Critical Media

THE PHILIPPINES dropped one spot in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index released by international media watchdog Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF-Reporters Without Borders) on April 18. The Philippines ranked 134th out of 180 countries because of the Duterte administration’s continuing threats and attacks against the press. RSF cited the...

Media Watch Groups Notes Increasing Intimidation, Shrinking Space for Free Press in PH

NEW YORK-based press freedom watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) found during their mission to the country last week that journalists in the Philippines are facing increasing levels of intimidation and that the space for the free press is shrinking. The mission was led by CPJ Board Chair Kathleen...