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‘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,...

Speaking of Media

On responsibility and repression “One person who has absolutely lost all right to tell this country’s media to act in a responsible manner is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. One of the most galling experiences that a citizen of this country has to undergo these days is to be told by Virgilio...

Monitors

Hide-and-seek with the military For evading and shutting out almost all media in a very important coverage last April 12, both the Philippine Daily Inquirer (“AFP clears four generals: Top brass avoid media, release report on gov’t TV,” April 13) and the Big News put to task Vice-Admiral Mateo...

When Governments Put Journalists in Jail

Across Asia, press freedom and economic prosperity don’t mix When Governments Put Journalists in Jail By Nathan Lee and Don Gil K. Carreon WHILE JOURNALISTS in Iraq and the Philippines struggle to dodge bullets, scores of other media practitioners across Asia continue to languish behind prison bars. Despite the...