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 Preparing for another Ondoy CHEERS to GMANews.tv for a proactive approach in commemorating the anniversary of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. To prepare the people in case another strong typhoon occurs, the news website came up with an interactive map of flood-prone areas and evacuation centers. Using data from institutions and agencies such as... On the PAL Labor issue CHEERS TO Newsbreak/abscbnNews.com for reporting on the history and context of the most recent Philippine Airlines (PAL) labor issue. The report, published at abs-cbnNews.com on Aug. 5 looked at the PAL issue not just from a labor perspective but also from a business perspective. The report addressed the impact... THE AUG. 23 HOSTAGE-TAKING: Media lapses invited government intervention MEDIA COVERAGE of the Aug. 23 hostage taking at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand provoked attempts at state intervention within days of the event, making it one of the most significant developments in the media in 2010. The one minute delay that may have cost a life The camera started rolling at 5:20 am. ABS CBN cameraman Angel Valderama and his assistant Marlon Sayson took footage in Makati City of a shootout in the early morning of August 2. A certain Marlon Inducil, said to be a member of the so-called Ivan Padilla carjacking group, was... Adjusting to a New Presidency It’s simply par for the course By Mia M. Gonzalez A few weeks before former President Joseph Estrada took his oath as Chief Executive in 1998, Palace reporters at the old press working area in Malacañang’s Kalayaan Hall exchanged mostly comedic scenarios of media coverage under the incoming administration.... PJR Reports July – August 2010 || IN THIS ISSUE || Governance and Media in an Information Age by Melinda Quintos de Jesus with research by Ruby Shaira F. Panela Columnists, Partisans, and Conflicts of Interest by Luis V. Teodoro with research by Rupert Francis Mangilit and John Reiner Antiquerra From the Community Press Front:... Local Media Guidelines in Covering Crisis Situations Listed below is a matrix of local media organizations’ guidelines for covering hostage situations. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs included these guidelines in its 2006 Standards Ethics Manual. The KBP listed its guidelines on its 2007 Broadcast Code. GMA News and Public Affairs, after an internal assessment of its... PNP fails to implement own guidelines during Aug. 23 hostage taking by Rupert Francis Mangilit The Aug. 23 hostage taking showed severe lapses on how the Philippine police manage crisis situations, including its capacity to deal with the press,  despite its own memorandum circular issued in 2006 on how the police should handle the media in such incidents. Issued on... Columnists, Partisans and Conflicts of Interest by Luis V. Teodoro with research by Rupert Francis D. Mangilit and John Reiner M. Antiquerra (A condensed version of this article will be published in the forthcoming July-August 2010 issue of the PJR Reports.) (See sidebar “Sidebar: When is a columnist too partisan?“) The public expects the news... The Press on the eve of Martial Law: On a learning curve by Luis V. Teodoro AMONG the first victims of Ferdinand Marcos’ proclamation of martial law 36 years ago were journalists. A dozen or so mostly print practitioners—men and women both– were among those the military had on its “national target list,” and were immediately arrested. Marcos placed the entire... « Previous1…4567Next »
