We will not surrender our freedomsToday, Independence Day, we renew our pledge to serve the people, to continue speaking truth to power, and to guard and defend freedom of the press and of expression from all threats.Read More Covering the PandemicRead more Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic Rappler’s Roxas ‘Instaquote’: Out of context? THE PULL QUOTE is a regular feature in publications layout. Used “to attract attention, especially in long articles, a pull-quote is a small selection of text ‘pulled out and quoted’ in a larger typeface.” But some readers merely scan, pick out the “pull out” or “instaquote” and don’t read the entire... Insiders as sources for unofficial Supreme Court decisions (UPDATED) JEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Interaksyon.com, and The Manila Times for reporting on yet to be released – hence, unofficial -- Supreme Court decisions and for using anonymous sources in these reports without a journalistically compelling reason. Duterte Mania and Human Rights: A Disturbing Lapse in Coverage OF ALL the highly urbanized cities in the Philippines, Davao City has garnered probably every accolade out there: the most livable city, the most environment-friendly city, the city with the cleanest and best-tasting potable water, the safest city, among others. Davaoeños and visitors agree that everything is in order... Reporting Metro Manila’s long-term traffic solutions: Media drops the ball IN EARLY September, the government presented what it called an “action plan” meant to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila. The plan had three approaches: 1) management and enforcement, 2) mass transit, and 3) engineering solutions. Trivializing death JEERS TO a report that trivializes the death of a broadcaster who was shot dead in Quezon City on October 31. Covering ‘Lando’: Lessons learned GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Typhoon Lando (International name: Koppu) demonstrated the improved level of disaster preparedness in the country. Government support has made possible more accurate forecasting by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa). And the media once again showed its enhanced capacity to act as first... Premature conclusion, editorializing JEERS TO some media organizations for prematurely concluding that it was New People’s Army guerillas who killed a town mayor in Agusan del Sur and his son, and for editorializing in a news report. Media focus on celebrities and trivia in reporting the filing of COCs THE FILING of certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 12 to 16 signaled the start of the election year.Presumably serious political aspirants flocked to the national and local offices of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to formalize their intention to run for government posts. The Comelec reported that 130... Media off to a good start as pols announce candidacies CHEERS TO CNN Philippines and Rappler.com for their efforts at providing background information on the vice presidential aspirants in the 2016 national elections as the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) officially began. The LP twerking scandal: Beyond the lewd and obvious OTHER MEDIA organizations were quick to pick up the story when news broke about a group called Playgirls performing what many thought was a lewd show during the birthday party of Laguna Congressman Benjie Agarao on October 1. The party was also the occasion for the oath-taking of new... « Previous1…123124125126127…204Next »
