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 6th Hildegarde Awards cites PJR Reports PJR Reports (PJRR), the country’s first and only media-monitoring publication, was cited for outstanding achievement in print journalism at the 6th Hildegarde Awards for Women in Media and Communication. Covering CoronaMedia in aid of accountability THE MEDIA coverage of the ongoing impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona is generally fair. But the tendency of the press to be reactive when reporting has once more made it vulnerable to spins. News and media organizations have kept the issue on the public’s radar screen with breaking... Journalists in the news Some journalists who covered or are still covering the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona—which for weeks has been the biggest story in print, broadcasting, and online media—have become the story themselves. What’s the limit in covering disasters? WHEN TROPICAL Storm “Sendong” (international name: “Washi”) hit Northern Mindanao especially the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan last December 16, it dumped more than a month of average rainfall in the city in just 12 hours. This caused flash floods that, laden with logs, rocks , mud... PJR Reports January-February 2012 The nine-years during which Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was in power were particularly problematic for journalists and press freedom. Among other threats, her husband Jose Miguel “Mike” Arroyo filed 11 libel suits against 46 journalists starting in 2006. Davao broadcaster Alex Adonis was also convicted and imprisoned in 2007. Program review Cheers to the Manila Bulletin for a review of a television program promoting awareness of the condition of children with special needs. Information overload Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for publishing on its front page the racy details of a high-society domestic controversy. Trivial Jeers to the press for its focus on the love life of President Benigno Aquino III ad nauseam to the detriment of discussion of other issues. The audience first, or the public be damned? What the entry of one more TV news channel into the picture, and the attempt to rethink existing channels into more news-heavy media should mean, is that an audience that has long been a mostly passive receiver of information, often heavily in favor of crime and celebrity news, that... Rappler: making waves? So what is Rappler.com all about? « Previous1…2728293031…61Next »
