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JVOJS 2020: Philstar.com’s Camille Diola receives CMFR Award of Distinction; ABS-CBN’S Christian Esguerra named Marshall McLuhan Fellow

DUE TO the pandemic, CMFR held the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar online on Friday, October 9, 2020. The program featured a panel of six journalists chosen on the basis of the quality of their reports in television and online. The seminar discussed the coverage of various issues in...

Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar goes online; six journalists named panelists

FOR THE first time, CMFR will hold the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism program as a webinar which will feature six journalists from television and online news organizations as panelists on Friday, October 9, 2020. The panel discussion will take up not one but several themes including COVID-19, China and...

ABS-CBN’s Esguerra receives 2019 CMFR Award of Distinction; Rappler’s Evangelista is 2019 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

Christian Esguerra of ABS-CBN Corporation received from the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) the Award of Distinction during the annual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar held this year on August 29. Warren Mucci, Political and Public Affairs Counsellor of the Embassy of Canada, presented Patricia Evangelista of...

CMFR celebrates 30 years with Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Program

CELEBRATING ITS 30 years of programs to promote press freedom, the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) holds the 2019 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar with seven journalists from television, print and online news organizations as panelists. The panel discussion will take up the drug war, China’s presence...

ABS-CBN Broadcaster Named 2018 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

JEFF CANOY of television network ABS-CBN’s Integrated News and Current Affairs is the 2018 Marshall McLuhan Fellow. He received a glass trophy from the Embassy of Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines John Holmes in a presentation ceremony held today at SGV Hall in the Asian Institute of Management (AIM)...

Six Journalists to Discuss Coverage of Issues in 2018 Jaime V. Ongpin Seminar

SIX JOURNALISTS from television, print and online news organizations will discuss in the 2018 Jaime V. Ongpin Seminar their coverage of a number of issues of national concern in the past year. This departure from past practice of discussing one major theme was compelled by the many issues...

Raffy Lerma Receives Award of Distinction from CMFR and Reuters’ Manny Mogato named Marshall McLuhan Fellow of 2017

THE CENTER for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) gave Raffy Lerma, formerly of Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Award of Distinction and Canada’s Ambassador to the Philippines John Holmes presented the plaque for the 2017 Marshall McLuhan Fellow to Manny Mogato of Reuters in a presentation ceremony held today...

2017 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar to Discuss Coverage of Human Rights and Other National Issues

SEVEN JOURNALISTS from television, print and online news organizations will discuss the coverage of issues of national concern, among which are the concerns over human rights violations in the conduct of President Duterte’s drug war and the conflict in disputed waters. The Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility...

TV5’s Ed Lingao receives 2016 Award of Distinction; ABS-CBN’s Gigi Grande named 2016 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

THE CENTER for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) awarded Ed Lingao of TV5 the 2016 Award of Distinction, and the Embassy of Canada presented the plaque for the 2016 Marshall McLuhan Fellow to Gigi Grande of ABS-CBN Corporation in a ceremony held today at the AIM Conference Center, Makati....

2016 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar to Discuss Elections and the Duterte Administration

FIVE PANELISTS from television, print and online news organizations will discuss the media and the 2016 elections and the coverage of issues raised during the first months of the Duterte administration, including human rights. The Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar is a program of the Center for Media...

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