Journalism Review Archives | Page 149 of 158

Speaking of Media

Flagging Bandila “Bandila eschews the hysterics and hyperactivity of the usual news broadcast. Korina, Ces, and Henry do not engage in vocal histrionics and they make an effort to come across as friendly and conversational. So at least one does not feel like being screamed at anymore. The program...

FEEDBACK: From a DOJ reporter

Dear PJR Reports editors, I am a reporter of Malaya covering the Department of Justice (DOJ), Supreme Court (SC), and Court of Appeals beat. I take strong exception to the many inaccuracies and malicious issues raised by your writer in your July 2006 report (“The DOJ: 2 press corps...

Monitors: online

Not just waiting for eruptions If you want to get comprehensive information about the volcanoes in the country that have been showing increased activity, just click on GMA-7 website which carries a “Volcano Alert.” It gives updates and fast facts on the Bulusan and Mayon volcanoes as well as...

Monitors: TV

Minding the children Media gave special attention to the worsening child labor situation in the country last June. On June 27, ANC started a series on child workers but with a different angle: the proliferation of adolescent pimps in the metropolis. The comprehensive series also looked at how former...

Monitors: Print

Hearing just one voice Was it an oversight or a simple case of bias? In a story on July 20 (“One Voice has P252-M advertising ‘war chest’”), Manila Standard Today quoted Nueva Ecija Rep. Rodolfo Antonio as saying that the anti-Charter change group, One Voice, was ready to spend...

Monitor

Dangerous mistake Can a case of mistaken identity be deadly? For the lumad and migrant settlers of sitio Bendum in Bukidnon, it could be. On June 17, media inaccurately reported that an armed encounter had taken place between soldiers and the New People’s Army in the sitio. The clash...

Some Guidelines: Covering Women

As early as 1993, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, together with the National Commission on the Role of Filipino Women, organized a workshop on reporting of crimes against women. Journalists and civic leaders who participated in that event drafted the following guidelines: I. Consent: Recognize the victims’...

COMMENTARY: Coverage of the Subic rape case – A Trial Becomes a Telenovela

COMMENTARY By Rachel E. Khan Coverage of the Subic rape case A Trial Becomes a Telenovela The coverage of the ongoing trial of the Subic rape case is two-edged. On the one hand, the persistent coverage of the trial, especially at the onset, served to pressure both the Philippine...

A recipe for hard times: The free papers are here

By Hector Bryant L. Macale THEY’RE SHORT, colorful, fun, and easy to read. But can the country’s free commuter newspapers save what would appear to be a declining newspaper readership among Filipinos? Well, it might be too early to say that. However, the proliferation of free commuter newspapers and...

Journalism and Public Relations: Friends or Enemies?

By Nathan J. Lee and Venus L. Elumbre LIKE oil and water, public relations and journalism are traditionally regarded as two distinct professions that cannot mix. One side sells products; the other purveys truth as best as one possibly could. Because of the basic difference in functions, one stresses...