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 Writing for Radio Finding romance in a second choice Writing for radio Melbe S. Estonilo NEVER dreamed of becoming a radio broadcaster, much less a radio news writer. When I took up Mass Communication in college, all I wanted was to be a teacher. I did contribute to our college paper, and... Teaching Journalists: What a professor hopes his students have learned What a professor hopes his students have learned Teaching Journalists By Luis V. Teodoro I CAME to the teaching of journalism armed with both practice as well as a degree in English Literature, which once upon a time in the University of the Philippines (UP) required having a “concentration.” ... Chronicle Gov’t media group abolished THE GOVERNMENT Mass Media Group (GMMG), created to supervise and control government-owned mass media outlets, has been abolished. The move returned the government’s information dissemination powers to the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS). President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo signed Executive Order (EO) No. 576 abolishing... Obituary Soliven, 77 VETERAN JOURNALIST Maximo “Max” Soliven died of acute pulmonary and cardiac arrest on Nov. 24 in Tokyo, Japan. He was 77. Before his death, Soliven was publisher and chairman of the board of The Philippine Star, which he founded in July 1986 with the late Betty Go... Crisis: International Bomb suspect sues Swaziland paper THE TIMES, one of Swaziland’s papers, has been sued for E75,000 (approx. US$10,000) on Nov. 27 by a man accused of recently bombing government structures and currently facing high treason charges at the High Court of Swaziland. In his complaint, Vusi Shongwe said the... Crisis: National Radio broadcaster-activist killed A broadcaster was gunned down by an unidentified assassin on Nov. 27 in Cagayan. According to a report of the World Association of Commu-nity Radio Broadcasters, Anthony Licyayo, 38, who was also a farmer, was on his way to attend to his rice field in Sitio... Reporters and editors take a good look at journalism schools: Are They Good Enough? Reporters and editors take a good look at journalism schools Are They Good Enough? By Venus L. Elumbre and Jose Bimbo F. Santos OUR YEARS of journalism school should prepare future reporters for their job. All those years spent learning how to write the news, knowing about the history... Proposed journalism curricula of CHED’s Technical Committee on Journalism Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (126 units) General Education: 63 units •   Language and Literature: 24 units •   Mathematics and Natural Sciences: 15 units •   Humanities and Social Sciences: 18 units •   Mandated Subjects: 6 units (Life and Works of Rizal; Philippine History) Core courses: 21 units or 3... Reading, Writing —and Thinking: What journalism schools should teach What journalism schools should teach Reading, Writing —and Thinking By Yvonne T. Chua AN ALREADY blind Joseph Pulitzer unveiled this much-derided vision in 1904. The Hungarian-American newspaper magnate was then dangling a hefty endowment to the prestigious Columbia University to start what he had hoped to be the world’s... The Press and the Law The Press and the Law Limited protection By Don Gil K. Carreon DOES THE Philippines have a strong legal framework to defend the press and its independence? Can the law provide adequate protection for the press against journalist killings, harassment such as the 11 libel suits filed by First... « Previous1…5556575859…61Next »
