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GMA AI sportscasters’ debut spark debate on journalism ethics

GMA INTEGRATED News introduced the country’s first ever sportscasters generated by artificial intelligence (AI) during the opening ceremony of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Season 99 men's basketball tournament on Saturday, September 23. The move earned criticism from journalists, academics and netizens.

Miguel “Mike” Enriquez, 71

GMA NETWORK's long-time broadcast journalist Miguel ‘Mike’ Enriquez passed away on Tuesday, August 29. Enriquez battled with diabetes, underwent a heart bypass operation in 2018, and a kidney transplant in 2021. He was 71.

GMA’s Tordecilla is 2023 Nieman fellow, to study for a year in Harvard

JAEMARK TORDECILLA, head of digital media at GMA News and senior assistant vice president at GMA Network, has been selected by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism as one of 24 global journalists for a year of study at Harvard University.

Mario Dumaual, 64

ABS-CBN’S LONGTIME entertainment journalist Mario Dumaual died on July 5 due to septic shock while recovering from a heart attack. He was 64.

Amando Doronila, 95

AMANDO “DORO” Doronila, veteran journalist and renowned political columnist, died due to complications from pneumonia on Friday, July 7, 2023 in Australia. He was 95.

Rappler’s Gloria is WAN-IFRA’s 2023 journalism laureate

GLENDA GLORIA, executive editor and co-founder of Rappler, has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious journalism honors, the Women in News Editorial Leadership Awards from the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

Meet the Philippines’ first transgender TV presenter

AWARD-WINNING actress, television producer, and comedian KaladKaren continues to blaze the trail for the Filipino LGBTQ+ community as she becomes the first transgender TV presenter in the country. On June 12, she started her new assignment as entertainment news anchor on TV5’s Frontline Pilipinas. “Mas inklusibo na po ang...

‘Peace is a process’: Int’l peace prize for MindaNews’ Arguillas

JOURNALIST AND journalism educator Carolyn O. Arguillas has been awarded this year’s Luxembourg Peace Prize. A fellow of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility’s Jaime V. Ongpin (JVO) journalism program, Arguillas was cited for Outstanding Peace Journalism for her reportage on Mindanao.

Journalist Joe Torres named new PIA chief

JOURNALIST JOSE “Joe” Torres Jr. has been appointed as the new director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). An award-winning journalist and author, Torres will manage the country’s main information arm that has a network spanning 16 regional offices and 78 provincial centers.

For lending her voice to social causes, journalist-activist Espina-Varona wins Hildegarde award

JOURNALIST AND activist Maria Salvacion “Inday” Espina-Varona was awarded the 2023 Hildegarde Award for Women in Media and Communication by Scholastica’s College Manila.