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Rappler reviews Remulla’s first days as DOJ Secretary

CHEERS TO Rappler for its report that reviewed Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla’s first 18 days as Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary. The report sets the standard for watching DOJ as an institution amid various problems and developments that have hounded the department. The report also did well to set...

VERA Files calls attention to DA’s revival of Marcos Jr.’s failed project in Ilocos Norte

PEOPLE WONDERED why Ferdinand Marcos Jr. decided to take over as Secretary of Agriculture, which he announced on June 20. Most news organizations seemed to have missed one reason revealed by the President’s nephew, the recently re-elected Governor of Ilocos Norte.

MindaNews examines ‘fat,’ ‘obese’ dynasties in Mindanao

CHEERS TO MindaNews for a comprehensive, data-driven report on Mindanao’s political dynasties – the fat, the obese, the growing and the long-surviving.

Lack of media attention heightens dangers of red-tagging

CHEERS TO Bulatlat, MindaNews, and the Philippine Daily Inquirer for their reports on the red-tagging and arrest of a Lumad teacher last July 17. Another case which involved red-tagging and the denial of re-enrolment of a student on July 15 was reported only in Bulatlat. The reports highlighted important...

News5 highlights language issues in education

CHEERS TO News5 for its special report that provided background on the use of Filipino and local languages in the public schools. It was in response to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s call for "emphasis and facility in a global language," which many understood referred to English. He made the...

MEDIA AND ELECTIONS 2022

THE MEDIA community in the country and in many parts of the world have not engaged much in the collective exercise of questioning how journalists do their work, or to evaluate the established practice. The news conventions that determine what gets in as news have not been reviewed. We...

This Week in Media (July 11-15, 2022)

FORMER PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte left the job with a 78 percent satisfaction rating, according to the April 19 to 27 survey of Social Weather Stations. But he left behind him for the Marcos administration to address the pandemic and the economic crisis.

Quick follow-ups by media on student’s death counter police claims

CHEERS TO the media organizations that followed up on the death of Amierkhan Mangacop, a 19-year old student shot by a non-uniformed personnel of Police Regional Office (PRO) outside the Lugar Cafe and Bar in Davao City on July 2.

Three newspapers insist on Bong Go spotlight

JEERS TO some print media’s relentless spotlighting of a senator who won his seat in 2019. Solely based on his proximity to the highest source of power and his constant presence around then President Duterte, some voters thought Bong Go fit to be a legislator. With Duterte no longer...

ANC report takes closer look at Marcos Jr.’s vlog

CHEERS TO ANC’s Dateline Philippines anchor Karmina Constantino who asked Malacañang reporter Pia Gutierrez to share her insights on President Marcos’ “Unang Linggo” vlog on YouTube, in which he discussed his first week in office. The report recognized that how the Marcos camp uses social media still merits close watch even after the election.