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 Another journalist killed CMFR/PHILIPPINES – On 2 December 2008, another radio broadcaster was gunned down by unknown assailants in the town of San Roque. Northern Samar. Northern Samar is approximately 479 kms from Manila. At around 6 p.m., Leo Mila, 38, of Radyo Natin (Our Radio) in San Roque was on his... Reporting Mindanao: ‘A series of unfortunate events’ By Jose Torres Jr. A series of unfortunate events”— from “bad beginnings” in the past to what could be the “penultimate peril” lately —can best describe the situation in Mindanao and how the Philippine media reported it. There were shining moments: We were not as ignorant as we had... “Successful” dry run In addition to the peace talks between the Arroyo administration and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and the resurgent Mindanao conflict, the press also reported the first fully automated elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) last Aug. 11. The “successful” ARMM election was significant since... The Press on the eve of Martial Law: On a learning curve by Luis V. Teodoro AMONG the first victims of Ferdinand Marcos’ proclamation of martial law 36 years ago were journalists. A dozen or so mostly print practitioners—men and women both– were among those the military had on its “national target list,” and were immediately arrested. Marcos placed the entire... Journalist killed in Quezon province CMFR/Philippines – Two unidentified men gunned down a provincial journalist on his way home in Sariaya, Quezon province on 30 June 2008. Quezon is a province approximately 100 kms southeast of Manila. Fausto “Bert” Sison, a correspondent for the weekly Regional Bulletin and a broadcaster at the Lucena-based dzAT-AM,... Out of Context One of the long-established principles of journalism is that of providing context. It’s a companion principle of accuracy, which in addition to requiring that journalists get the names, dates and places right in news reporting, demands that they also tell their audience—whether readers, viewers, or listeners— the larger story... Editor’s Note: Remembering I KNOW I am speaking of an unfamiliar time when I begin to talk about martial law with my journalism students. I am met by blank stares and polite—if not obligatory—attention (It might come up in the next exams, you know.) All of them were born years after Edsa... TV Monitors Zooming in the Zulkiflis Following the beheading of 10 Marines in Basilan, media resurrected allegations of a link between the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In a special report last Aug. 15, TV Patrol World traced the connection between the MILF and the Zulkiflis,... Obituaries ESPARTERO, 34 PHOTOJOURNALIST JIOVANNI Espartero of the Visayan Daily Headlines passed away in Bacolod City on Aug. 5 after suffering a head injury when he figured in a motorcycle accident two days earlier. He was found bleeding and unconscious on the shoulder of a national highway on Aug. 3... CHRONiCLE New comic strip book by Abrera Manix Abrera, cartoonist for PJR Reports, will be coming out with his third book, a compilation of his comic strips that appeared in the Philippine Daily Inquirer. The book, titled “Die! Evil, Die!”, is printed by Visual Print Enterprises. Launching has been tentatively... « Previous1…3940414243…61Next »
