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 Violence in Abra CHEERS TO Vera Files for a report on Abra's culture of violence, which intensifies during elections. Labor laws JEERS TO Malaya Business Insight for a one-sided and incomplete October 25, 2012 banner story on Philippine employment laws. Tweets violate trust JEERS TO GMA News TV's Brigada and its reporter for violating a confidentiality agreement by tweeting information that a source had asked to keep secret. Misleading headline JEERS TO Inquirer.net for a misleading headline. Cybercrime Law timeline CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), BusinessWorld and Rappler for providing a timeline on the passage of the Cybercrime Prevention Law. Media’s coverage of ArroyoReporting trivia IN REPORTING the release of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from hospital arrest after the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) ruled favorably on her bail petition, the media’s coverage, although generally fair, lacked context and was sometimes irrelevant. Understanding pork barrel politics CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its five part-report “Pigging out on Pork” reviewing the processes involved in the disbursement of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and discussing how the system makes it vulnerable to misuse and corruption. Understanding pork barrel politics CHEERS TO GMA News and Public Affairs, Special Assignments Team, and News Research for its investigative series explaining what the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), also known as pork barrel, is, and how Philippine legislators use their allocations. Mixed blessing, or mixed curse?“Blocktiming” in Bacolod City BACOLOD CITY – It is one of those “open secrets” in Philippine broadcasting. Politicians would buy chunks of radio time and populate the programs with broadcasters who would, like regular anchormen, discuss the news, and analyze and comment on them, but who would give a favorable spin to the news... PJR Reports August-September 2012 THE PEOPLE were its first victims, but the media were at least among the first casualties of Ferdinand Marcos’ declaration of martial law in 1972. Marcos signed the declaration on September 21, and implemented it on the 23rd. But even before the stroke of midnight on the 22nd, his... « Previous1…2223242526…61Next »
