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 How can journalism touch a nationâs conscience? How Can Journalism Touch a Nationâs Conscience? By P. Sainath HERE ARE essentially two streams in what we call journalism: journalism and stenography. The latter is by far the bigger stream. It reduces a noble field to the service of power, to articulating the worldview of the powerful. The... From Both Sides Now From Both Sides Now A journalist compares working abroad with working at home By Patty Adversario HAD just come back from living and working abroad for almost eight years and was working one night at the newsdesk in one of the local dailies. Suddenly, the lights went out and... Obituaries Sison, 76 Malaya columnist Jesus âJessâ Sison died of cardiac arrest on July 21. He was 76. A veteran journalist, Sison wrote a column and editorials for the Marcos-era newspaper Daily Express while working as assistant to the late journalist Teodoro âKa Doroyâ Valencia in the 1970s and 1980s.... CHRONiCLE CMFRâs Teodoro, 3 others feted LUIS V. TEODORO, journalism professor and Center for Media Freedom and Responsibilityâs deputy director, was one of this yearâs recipients of the âMany Faces of the Teacherâ awards. The award is part of an advocacy campaign launched by Bato Balani Foundation and Diwa Learning... CRiSiS: National Arroyo lawyer to again seek dismissal of class action suit THE LAWYER of presidential spouse Jose Miguel âMikeâ Arroyo said he will file a second motion to dismiss a class action suit filed by several media groups and individual journalists against Arroyo. In a hearing last July 26, Arroyoâs... A New Way of Reporting the News Where threeâor moreâis not a crowd A New Way of Reporting the News By Hector Bryant L. Macale FACED BY dwindling revenues and staff downsizing, should news organizationsâthe traditional gatekeepers of the newsâbe afraid of a world where blogs and citizen journalism have become increasingly important? The future of... A Summit on âSalvagingsâ and Abductions A pro-active Supreme Court leads a conference on extrajudicial killings A Summit on âSalvagingsâ and Abductions By Jose Bimbo F. Santos NO MORE than 10 percent of the 70 cases of journalists killed in the line of duty since 1986 have resulted in a conviction. Out of the 33... The Power Of Showbiz News Why Boy, lolit and cristy ARE here to stay The Power Of Showbiz News By Junette B. Galagala IN FEBRUARY, the public lapped up the Kris Aquino-James Yap drama which the media had been playing up for at least two weeks. Three months later, it was the Ruffa Gutierrez-Yilmaz... The New News Target: OFWs Media companies find a bigger, richer market The New News Target: OFWs By Don Gil K. Carreon CONSIDER THESE numbers: â˘$12.8 billion: the amount, according to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, remitted by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) last year, excluding those coursed through informal channels; â˘8.2 million: the number... Cheers of the month Focusing on the deserving THANKS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the spotlight was finally put on a different breed of public school teachersâthe mobile ones. âThe Department of Educationâs âmobile teachers,â or MTs, are not your typical public school teachers,â the Inquirer reported on June 27. âThey travel long... « Previous1…4142434445…61Next »
