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 the media boxMaking Sense of Oil Price Hikes OIL IS among the economy’s most important and widely-used commodities. Its price, which directly and indirectly affects so many people, is among the most politically sensitive issues in the Philippines. Media organizations have diligently reported the hikes in oil prices in 2008 and since the start of 2011.... News Agenda Failure?Focus On a Wedding THE COVERAGE of the British royal wedding showed how the Philippine press evaluates which events are newsworthy. Of the conventional news values, human interest and prominence usually take precedence over significance. Other stories which may have a larger impact on people’s lives are not prioritized or are left out... News as Entertainment PRESIDENT AQUINO's love life, Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and the British royal wedding were among the major stories in the Philippine media last April. These landed on the front pages or were leading stories in the major broadsheets and TV news programs. Although one could speculate that... Reporting the Number by Bernadette Reyes Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports To be the first to know is not always a good thing, especially when people don’t want to hear what you know but you have to let them know it just the same. My work as a business reporter... PJR Reports May – June 2011 || IN THIS ISSUE || Out of the Media Box Covering Oil Price Hikes by Sonny Africa News Agenda Failure? Focus On a Wedding by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Media on Filipino “Mules” Some Breadth, But Little Depth by Martha A. Teodoro Does Self-Regulation have a Future in the... Coverage of Pope John Paul II’s beatification: Adulation without understanding Hector Bryant L. Macale With research from Karlin E. Galao, Mari Joie A. Ladia, and Venus Clarisse C. Tenorio News about the May 1 beatification of Pope John Paul II competed with other explosive events during the period: the wedding of British Prince William and Kate Middleton, the death... The social relevance of Church-owned radio By Isabel Templo For 37 years, DZPA, an radio station on the AM band owned and run by the Diocese of Bangued, had  been operating alone in Abra—until the 1990s, when another AM station ventured onto the airwaves. Unable to compete with DZPA, however, the new station closed  after... Gossipy and trivial The media reports on the love life of President Benigno Aquino III are once again confirming the persistence of one of the worst habits of the Philippine press—its penchant for gossip and trivia. For instance, the Manila Bulletin underscored Aquino’s love life, heart breaks and active dating in a... Biased Jeers to The Manila Times for a biased Easter Sunday special issue highlighting only the Church position on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill. “Today, Easter Sunday, we purposely offer this special report on the proposed Reproductive Health bill,” the paper’s editor in chief wrote in the paper’s April 24... Puff piece Jeers to The Manila Times for its puff piece on Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista. The April 18 front-page article “Quezon City eyes premiere status” initially discussed the possibility of Quezon City’s regaining the country’s title as its capital. The report also mentioned local government plans for creating a... « Previous12345…7Next »
