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 Trivializing death JEERS TO a report that trivializes the death of a broadcaster who was shot dead in Quezon City on October 31. Covering ‘Lando’: Lessons learned GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Typhoon Lando (International name: Koppu) demonstrated the improved level of disaster preparedness in the country. Government support has made possible more accurate forecasting by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). And the media once again showed its enhanced capacity to act as first... Premature conclusion, editorializing JEERS TO some media organizations for prematurely concluding that it was New People’s Army guerillas who killed a town mayor in Agusan del Sur and his son, and for editorializing in a news report. Media focus on celebrities and trivia in reporting the filing of COCs THE FILING of certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 12 to 16 signaled the start of the election year.Presumably serious political aspirants flocked to the national and local offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formalize their intention to run for government posts. The Comelec reported that 130... Media off to a good start as pols announce candidacies CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler.com for their efforts at providing background information on the vice presidential aspirants in the 2016 national elections as the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) officially began. The LP twerking scandal: Beyond the lewd and obvious OTHER MEDIA organizations were quick to pick up the story when news broke about a group called Playgirls performing what many thought was a lewd show during the birthday party of Laguna Congressman Benjie Agarao on October 1. The party was also the occasion for the oath-taking of new... Reporting on the Lumad schools MOST OF the reports by the media on the Lumad issue focused on the violence in their communities, militarization, and the alleged radicalization of the Lumad by the New People’s Army. But at the center of the controversy are the schools for the Lumad. ‘Same old, same old’ in local races CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer and the Manila Bulletin for running a story on local candidates in the coming elections. The cost of war in Mindanao CHEERS TO Rappler.com for taking a closer look at the history and cost of war in Mindanao from the administration of Ferdinand Marcos to that of Benigno Aquino III. Media took their accustomed paths in Poe citizenship coverage SENATOR AND presidential candidate Grace Poe’s citizenship has been under scrutiny for more than a month since 2013 senatorial candidate Rizalito David filed a disqualification case against her before the Senate Electoral Tribunal (SET) on August 6 and the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on August 17. « Previous123456…61Next »
