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Blown out of proportion

The incident involving celebrity-host Vhong Navarro gained massive media coverage which highlighted some failures of the press and raised questions on media coverage, news priorities, context and media perspective and news analysis.

Beyond the five Ws and the H: Probing the ‘Binay incident’

THE PHILIPPINE Daily Inquirer reported on Dec. 19, 2013 that Makati City mayor Junjun Binay had several security guards of Dasmariñas Village arrested for barring the exit of his convoy on Nov. 30, 1013 through a restricted gate. The media reported the incident, but failed to go beyond the...

Unverified, sensationalized reporting (UPDATED)

JEERS TO ABS-CBN 2’s Bandila for blatantly violating the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas’ (KBP) Broadcast Code of the Philippines and the network’s own internal “Standards Ethics Manual” in a report about an alleged ‘flesh-eating’ disease that the same report said was “slowly spreading” (unti-unting kumakalat) in the...

Navarro, Navarro, and more Navarro

JEERS TO TV Patrol and 24 Oras for allotting a large percentage of air time to the incident involving celebrity-host Vhong Navarro, and failing to provide reports on key issues and events that day.

(PART 2) Reporting ‘Yolanda’: More needed from the media

Media should always learn from past experience, but climate change and the unprecedented magnitude of recent disasters signal a new level of learning. The media mind set needs to break away from the passive, reactive mode and re-evaluate its role as information provider.

(PART 1) Reporting ‘Yolanda’: More needed from the media

"The media have roles to play before, during, and after a disaster. In many incidents, journalists are among the first to arrive on the scene and report on events as they unfold; they are first informers in the disaster zone. Media and communication technologies can greatly aid or hinder...

Blown out of proportion

Beyond the five Ws and the H: Probing the ‘Binay incident’

Unverified, sensationalized reporting (UPDATED)

Navarro, Navarro, and more Navarro

(PART 2) Reporting ‘Yolanda’: More needed from the media

(PART 1) Reporting ‘Yolanda’: More needed from the media

Unethical and unprofessional (UPDATED)

Beyond the numbers

Once more, with feeling: Conflict of interest

Beyond hate crime reporting

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