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 Covering military corruption: Investigative and explanatory pieces led the way by Hector Bryant L. Macale Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports The allegedly rampant corruption in the military was in the news again after former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, initially charged of plunder and money laundering, posted bail last Dec. 17, 2010. The... Media coverage of the Reyes Suicide: Breaking all the rules by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports When news broke in the morning of Feb. 8 that former cabinet secretary and retired armed forces chief Angelo T. Reyes had died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the press went out... Timelines Cheers to abs-cbnNEWS.com for creating a timeline about the Philippine Airlines (PAL) labor issue. (See: âInteractive timeline: PAL labor woesâ, Dec. 15, 2010) The timeline, which was built using a web-based timeline software called Timeglider, started with a March 4, 2008 report from Agence France-Presse about the United States Federal... âSpecialâ mention Cheers to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for looking into the lack of proper attention to special children mired in poverty. The last in a three-part series on special children, âDilemmas on the âDifferentâ â Are you still âspecialâ if youâre poor?â (Jan. 6), zoomed in on a... Nasty spin Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its spin on a story that turned out not to be as shocking as the Inquirer made it appear. The Nov. 3 Inquirer banner story quoted Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as accusing the Aquino administration of treating Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former president... A story’s cost in lives By DJ Yap It was sunny and steaming when I came rushing to the Quirino Grandstand that morning. By nightfall, the skies were in a rage. Until the last minutes of the 11-hour hostage drama of Aug. 23, the mood behind the press line was calm. Journalists milled about,... RH Discussion: Derailed by “Damaso” episode by Rupert Francis Mangilit and Ruby Shaira Panela A health center carries a chart on modern birth control methods. The RH bill aims to enhance information dissemination and access to these and other reproductive healthcare. (photo by Lito Ocampo) In the thick of the exchange between the groups opposed... Reporting goals (un)met Cheers to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for a report evaluating how the Philippines is faring in achieving the UNâs Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In time for Pres. Benigno Aquino IIIâs visit to the United States, partly to attend the United Nations summit on the MDGs (Sept.... Explanation please Jeers to the Cebu Daily News for failing to explain and provide context in its report on the extension of the zero-tariff policy on wheat and cement. The Sept. 13 report failed to define what a tariff is and what the consequences are if the two executive orders that... Helpful backgrounders Cheers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for regularly publishing background sidebars with some of their stories, particularly those that might have been long forgotten by the public. One example was the Inquirerâs Oct. 13 banner story about the amnesty granted to detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV and more than... « Previous1…3334353637…61Next »
