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Children in the News

Do journalists remember the do’s and don’ts? Children in the News By Rachel E. Khan and Elena E. Pernia According to the National Statistics Office, children below 18 years old comprise about 43.4 percent of the estimated population of 84 million Filipinos. At the same time, a United Nations...

From the Mouths of Babes

A TV news program for—and by—the youth From the Mouths of Babes By Venus L. Elumbre The youth do make up majority of the country’s population. But seldom are they heard, even in media. When they become the subject, their stories are seen from the point of view of...

The Climb To The Top

Was there—or was there not—a network war in the Everest expedition? The Climb To The Top By Don Gil K. Carreon ON MAY 17, Filipinos received the news that Heracleo “Leo” Oracion, member of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE), became the first Filipino to scale the world’s...

‘Mutya ng Masa’ No More

A reporter clashes with employer ABS-CBN ‘Mutya ng Masa’ No More By Hector Bryant L. Macale FOR MILLIONS of television viewers, she was the “Mutya ng Masa”—the small, spunky reporter who covered the stories that directly involved the man on the street. In a medium that insisted on stereotypes,...

Crisis: National

Palawan broadcaster shot dead Radio journalist Fernando “Dong” Batul was killed early morning of May 22 about 200 meters away from radio station dyPR where he worked in Puerto Princesa City. The unidentified gunmen immediately fled aboard a blue motorcycle. Batul was taken to the nearest hospital but was...

Crisis: International

Indon edition of Playboy suspended About 300 protesters broke into the editorial office of Playboy magazine in Jakarta in April, forcing the publication to suspend operations. Violent anti-pornography protests by religious groups forced the magazine to stop operating barely two weeks after its launch. Playboy Indonesia, a toned-down version...

Chronicle

JVOAEJ Awards winners to be known June 29 The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University, will an-nounce the winners of the 17th annual Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) on June 29 (Thursday) at a program to...

Obituaries

Gegantoca, 68 Veteran Bicol journalist and Philippine Daily Inquirer contributor Carlos “Tio Caling” S. Gegantoca died on May 5. He was 68. Gegantoca was also a columnist of the Bicol Chronicle and the Weekly Digest. He was president of the Albay-Legazpi Press Association Inc. and also a professor at...

Covering Crime

Life as a police reporter Covering Crime By Willard Cheng It was 5:45 a.m. I was ready to call it a day—or night—when I got a call from our news desk. “Rush to SLEX. A truck just plowed into a house. One person is killed,” desk editor Paul Espiritu...

Editor’s Note: Recognizing power

During the waning Marcos years, the late Mark Fineman who was covering the Philippines for the Los Angeles Times once loudly asked if anyone had a match so he could light his cigarette. Faster than he could finish his sentence, two Filipinos seated beside him quickly offered their lighters,...