We will not surrender our freedomsToday, 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.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Out of context PROVIDING CONTEXT is not a strong suit of the dominant media,* whether in the form of a few paragraphs recalling the background of events, a sidebar, or an entire article recalling the history of the public issues they report on. Context is often glaringly absent even... A relic of colonial rule (Updated) LIBEL AS a means of repression has been problematic in the Philippines even before the Revised Penal Code (RPC) went into effect in January, 1932. A libel law can be a legitimate means of redress for people the media have aggrieved, but the present law as defined in Article 353... It’s not about lawyers either THANKS TO the media, any incident including the pettiest crimes can become high profile subjects of debate and discussion. Since the mauling of comedian and TV host Vhong Navarro last January, media, particularly television audiences, have been deluged with reports on practically all aspects and angles of the incident... Journalism’s not about the journalist WHATEVER THE medium — whether print, broadcast or online — journalism is about the news, not about the journalist. Media and change: Expecting the impossible THE MOST powerful organizations in the world are not governments but corporations, and among the most powerful corporations are the global media conglomerates. Corporations are the power behind even the most powerful governments, whose policies they shape through their influence over the men and women they help elect or... Rousing the media audience ALTHOUGH SOME communication scholars take exception to the findings of a decades-old study that condemns the Wile-y Coyote/Roadrunner cartoon for its violence, other studies have since validated the warning that violence in the media not only tends to be imitated; it also fosters the misconception that the violence audiences... The never ending story The elections of 2013 were over only seven months ago. But preparations are already under way for the elections of 2016, when the electorate once more goes to the polls to elect the President of the Republic and other national officials. Speculation is already rife on who the... Murder as perennial as grass UNLESS THE Aquino administration rouses the Philippine National Police from its lethargy and forces it to find and investigate the killers of journalists; unless it lights a fire under the Department of Justice to see to their prosecution; and unless it does something to encourage the courts to try... Interview Ethics 101 THE INTERVIEW is both a method journalists use to elicit information and/or opinion, as well as a journalistic form in itself. Some individuals are interviewed because they’re in the news and are the focus of wide public interest. But on a daily basis, journalists interview sources either to obtain... Into the breach Leyte and Tacloban are the most devastated among the provinces and cities in the path of "Yolanda" (international name “Haiyan”) and its 300+ kilometer-per-hour winds. Unlike such other provinces as Antique, both the city and the rest of the province were particularly unprepared. Days after Tacloban was practically destroyed,... « Previous123456…12Next »
