Journalism Review Archives | Page 143 of 159

Measuring poverty

CHEERS TO GMA News for explaining how the government measures poverty incidence through food and nutrition requirements.

Violence in Abra

CHEERS TO Vera Files for a report on Abra's culture of violence, which intensifies during elections.

Labor laws

JEERS TO Malaya Business Insight for a one-sided and incomplete October 25, 2012 banner story on Philippine employment laws.

Tweets violate trust

JEERS TO GMA News TV's Brigada and its reporter for violating a confidentiality agreement by tweeting information that a source had asked to keep secret.

Misleading headline

JEERS TO Inquirer.net for a misleading headline.

Cybercrime Law timeline

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), BusinessWorld and Rappler for providing a timeline on the passage of the Cybercrime Prevention Law.

Media’s coverage of ArroyoReporting trivia

IN REPORTING the release of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from hospital arrest after the Pasay City Regional Trial Court (RTC) ruled favorably on her bail petition, the media’s coverage, although generally fair, lacked context and was sometimes irrelevant.

Understanding pork barrel politics

CHEERS TO the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) for its five part-report “Pigging out on Pork” reviewing the processes involved in the disbursement of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and discussing how the system makes it vulnerable to misuse and corruption.

Understanding pork barrel politics

CHEERS TO GMA News and Public Affairs, Special Assignments Team, and News Research for its investigative series explaining what the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), also known as pork barrel, is, and how Philippine legislators use their allocations.

Mixed blessing, or mixed curse?“Blocktiming” in Bacolod City

BACOLOD CITY – It is one of those “open secrets” in Philippine broadcasting. Politicians would buy chunks of radio time and populate the programs with broadcasters who would, like regular anchormen, discuss the news, and analyze and comment on them, but who would give a favorable spin to the news...

Measuring poverty

Violence in Abra

Labor laws

Tweets violate trust

Misleading headline

Cybercrime Law timeline

Media’s coverage of ArroyoReporting trivia

Understanding pork barrel politics

Understanding pork barrel politics

Mixed blessing, or mixed curse?“Blocktiming” in Bacolod City

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