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Media and PWID Training and Fellowship Program

PROBE MEDIA FOUNDATION, INC, in partnership with Unilab Foundation, is inviting media practitioners to a training workshop about persons with intellectual disabilities (PWIDs). The workshop’s theme is “PWID: Stories on Capabilities and Contributions”, with a focus on PWIDs in the workforce. Participants are encouraged to produce stories that...

2016 Rory Peck Awards

THE RORY PECK AWARDS, the only awards aimed at honoring freelance camerapersons, is now open for applications. Established in 1995, the award is named after freelance cameraman Rory Peck who was killed while filming in Moscow. It aims to “celebrate creative, technical and journalism skills, and highlight the important...

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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...

Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats Training Program

JOURNALISTS FROM developing countries, the USA, Canada or Germany are invited to apply to “Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats”, a training program organized by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. The program offers :1) a three-day residential story lab from October 19 to 22, 2016 in London, 2) the opportunity to...

Emergency Fund for Women Journalists

AS SUPPORT in times of crisis, the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) is offering an emergency fund for women journalists of any nationality. Staff or freelance women reporters who have been working as full-time journalists for at least six months are eligible to apply for the assistance. The...

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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...

Tacloban radio practitioner is 2016 Plaridel awardee

FRANCISCA “BABES” CUSTODIO, station manager of DYVL- Tacloban City will be conferred the 2016 University of the Philippines (UP) Gawad Plaridel. Named after propagandist Marcelo H. Del Pilar, the annual award recognizes Filipino media practitioners who have excelled in media (print, radio, film, television) and incorporated public service...

10th Bright Leaf Agricultural Journalism Awards

THE 10TH Bright Leaf Agricultural Journalism Awards, organized by the Philip Morris Fortune Tobacco Corporation Inc., is now accepting entries from Philippine-based Filipino journalists. The categories of the awards are: Agriculture Story of the Year; Agriculture Photo of the Year; Tobacco Story of the Year; Tobacco Photo of the...

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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....

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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...

Media and PWID Training and Fellowship Program

2016 Rory Peck Awards

Obit

Uncovering Security: Emerging Threats Training Program

Emergency Fund for Women Journalists

Obit

Tacloban radio practitioner is 2016 Plaridel awardee

10th Bright Leaf Agricultural Journalism Awards

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