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 Online monitors Cover-up CHEERS TO VERA Files for providing an analysis of government actions related to the return of former Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante and the charges filed against him regarding the P 728-million fertilizer fund scam. VERA Files interviewed lawyer Raul Pangalangan and political analyst Felipe... TV monitors Reporting Asia CHEERS TO ANC’s Top Story for trying to move beyond the parochial orientation that characterize much of the Philippine press when it comes to news about the rest of Asia. The program now has a segment devoted exclusively to news and issues from and about Asia, aside... Print monitors Clash over “crash” CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for raising a media concern when the U.S. financial crisis hit the front pages: should journalists call it a crash or not? Published on the front page last Oct. 13, an Associated Press report discussed the hesitation by some news... Twin Jeers of the Month Flawed coverage JEERS TO the Manila press for its flawed coverage of the latest impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The Manila broadsheets and much of television news focused on the accusation by Pangasinan Rep. and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. that Arroyo bribed him and other... Editor’s note: Situation Normal SINCE 1986 journalists have been killed in this country with such regularity that the killings came dangerously close to being regarded as normal. Indeed, until the number of killings escalated to 15 in 2004, the Manila press was virtually ignoring the killing of their colleagues in the communities, with... OFWs and Labor Migration: Anemic Reporting and Other Woes By Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo and Edsel Van DT. Dura LABOR MIGRATION, which began as a temporary solution to the country’s economic woes, continues to play a critical role in the Philippine economy. As the chief purveyors of information on vital matters in Philippine society, the media bear the... A Scary Coverage: “Ghost-whispering” By JB Santos JEERS TO broadcasting and cheers to print in their coverage of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day holidays last November. Though there were bright spots in the coverage, mostly appearing in print, outrageous stories along the line of the infamous Magandang Gabi Bayan horror... The local press on U.S. elections: Peaks and Pitfalls By Hector Bryant L. Macale THE LOCAL press coverage of the Nov. 4 U.S. elections had bright spots, but these were few and far between. From Oct. 27 to Nov. 7, PJR Reports monitored the U.S. election coverage by three major newspapers (the Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and... The “Euro Generals” Scandal: A Cover-up or a Lapse in Judgment? By Edsel Van DT. Dura THE PRESS generally took on the he-said, she-said method at the onset of its coverage on the Philippine National Police (PNP) official who was questioned by Russian customs officers for carrying an excessive amount of cash as he was leaving Moscow. Retired PNP police... Press Freedom Continued to Decline in 2008 By JB Santos PRESS FREEDOM again took a beating in 2008 as the number of journalists killed in the line of duty, one of the most telling indicators of threat to press freedom, rose to six from two recorded cases in 2007. The Philippines’ ranking in world press freedom... « Previous1…3839404142…61Next »
