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Daniel Fajardo Sr., 72

COMMUNITY JOURNALIST Daniel “Danny” Fajardo Sr. passed away Monday, September 10. He was 72. Fajardo founded Panay News in 1987, a daily newspaper in Western Visayas. He served as its editor-in-chief for several years. He also hosted Reklamo Publiko, a radio/cable public affairs program in Iloilo. (“Danny Fajardo, Panay...

Leandro Coronel, 70

COLUMNIST LEANDRO ‘DD’ Coronel died Monday, September 3. He was 70 years old. Coronel was a political columnist for the Manila Bulletin. While an undergraduate student, Coronel applied for work at the World Bank in Washington D.C., where he became a writer/editor and then senior press officer and spokesman....

PCIJ’s Investigative Reporting Seminar on Governance and Corruption

THE PHILIPPINE Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is accepting applications for its training-seminar on Investigating Governance and Corruption from September 4 to 7 in Cebu City. Journalists, researchers, media personnel, citizen journalists, and bloggers covering public policy issues may apply. Founded in 1989, PCIJ is an independent, nonprofit media...

Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award

YOUNG REPORTERS aged 30 and under and working in developing countries are invited to submit their works to the Thomson Foundation to become the next recipient of the Foundation’s Young Journalist Award. Now in its sixth year, the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award 2018, in partnership with the...

IPC Roundtable Discussion on Media-based Data Analysis of Federalism-related Emotions

THE INSTITUTE of Philippine Culture (IPC) is inviting journalists, researchers and students to its roundtable discussion “Collective Emotions about Philippine Federalism: Media-based Big Data Analysis.” The IPC is a social science research organization based in Ateneo de Manila University that “seeks a better understanding of culture and society in...

Manila Bulletin Names New President and Publisher

THE MANILA Bulletin Publishing Corporation has elected Emilio C. Yap III as its new president and Manila Bulletin editor-in-chief Crispulo J. Icban, Jr. as publisher during its annual Stockholders’ Meeting held July 12 at the Philippine Columbian in Paco, Manila. Yap graduated from the De La Salle University...

Broadcaster Jessica Soho to Receive 2018 UP Gawad Plaridel

BROADCAST JOURNALIST Jessica Soho has been named the 2018 University of the Philippines (UP) Gawad Plaridel recipient in the Outstanding Journalist category. The award is given annually to a media practitioner who has excelled in his or her respective field, performing with the “highest level of professional integrity...

Call for Stories: Human Rights Journalism

THE PHILIPPINE Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) is inviting professional journalists and citizen journalists, artists, and human rights advocates to submit story proposals on human rights journalism for the PANTAO Human Rights Journalism Fellowship. PhilRights was established by the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) in 1991...

PH Journalists Bag Honors in SOPA Awards

FILIPINO JOURNALISTS bagged several awards in the 2018 Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA) Awards for Editorial Excellence held June 13 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Founded in 1982, SOPA is a nonprofit Hong Kong-based organization that promotes excellence in journalism and endorses best practices...

NUJP Elects New Set of Officers

THE NATIONAL Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) elected its new set of officers on June 9 during its 10th National Congress at the Casa Pura Hotel in Quezon City. NUJP National Director Nonoy Espina was elected chairperson while Marlon Ramos of Inquirer.net was elected vice chairperson....