Excellence and Best Practices in Journalism Archives - Page 8 of 9 - CMFR

We will not surrender our freedoms

Today, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.

Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

The Silent Media

Native Advertising: Not just a Problem of One

Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation Media Program and the Ateneo De Manila University invites you to the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar. The Marshal McLuhan Fellow and Sandra Burton Nieman Fellow will be presented. It will be on Thursday, June...

2010 Burgos Awards announced

(Editha Burgos, wife of the late press freedom advocate Jose Burgos, at the awards ceremony) Articles about flood-tolerant rice and a worm-resistant variety of eggplant are among those were recognized in the 2010 Jose Burgos Awards for Biotech Journalism. Malaya’s Paul Icamina won the first prize in the news...

Photojournalist, veteran broadcaster receive Rotary Awards

A veteran broadcast journalist and a multi-awarded photojournalist were among the 16 personalities cited at this year’s Rotary Club Vocational Excellence Award. The Rotary Club cited 24 Oras anchor and radio commentator Mike Enriquez and Philippine Daily Inquirer photographer Edwin Bacasmas for their contributions to broadcasting and photojournalism, respectively....

Siemens to award “green” journalists

The Indonesian arm of telecommunications company Siemens has announced its initiative to award journalists in ASEAN-member countries who report developments in sustainable technology. Siemens Indonesia will announce the first set of the Siemens Green Technology Journalism Awards on February 2011. The awards are intended to encourage journalists to pursue...

Chronicles: NSCB, EJAP awards

Statistics Board cite media practitioners The National Statistic Coordination Board cited The Philippine Star, GMA-7 and ABS-CBN Cebu’s dyAB in the 2nd NSCB Media Awards. The 2nd NSCB Media awards included citations for television and radio. The awards seek to recognize reporters from media organizations whose reports and articles...

Chronicles: Newsbreak, Vera Files’ Chua and GenSan-based Rebollido

Newsbreak articles make the final cut to 2010 DAJA Newsbreak has announced that two of its stories have been chosen as finalists in the 2010 Developing Asia Journalism Awards (DAJA) conferred by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). The two finalists from Newsbreak are online editor Gemma B. Mendoza’s...

CMFR announces new Ongpin fellows; Lingao 2010 Marshall McLuhan Fellow

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) held the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS) which discussed press issues and problems in the coverage of the 2010 elections. The seminar was held at the AIM Conference Center in Makati today (June 24). CMFR Executive Director Melinda Quintos de...

UP CMC announces call for papers for inter-cultural and media conference

Students and practitioners of the media are invited to submit papers for a conference on Asian media and culture this October. The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) and South Korea’s Inha University are organizing the conference themed “Asian Media Cooperation and Cultural Exchange” from...

Red Cross to give awards for humanitarian reporting

Journalists covering conflict situations are invited to submit entries for the first Red Cross Awards for Humanitarian Reporting. Organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross or ICRC in partnership with the Philippine National Red Cross, the award, said the news release, will recognize “stories that best illustrate...

Titus Brandsma Award-Philippines for Journalism

FOUR JOURNALISTS, two of them killed for their work, will be honored on July 29, 2009 for commitment to their craft and advocacies to press freedom. Slain journalists Marlene Esperat and Edgar Damalerio will be given posthumous recognition by the Titus Brandsma Award Philippines for Press Freedom while broadcast...