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 The truth shall set us free: The role of Church-owned radio stations in the Philippines by Isabel L. Templo Radio Veritas and Edsa âThis is Cardinal Sin speaking to the people of Metro ManilaâŠ. I am calling our people to support our two good friends at the camp. If any of you could be around at Camp Aguinaldo to show your solidarity and your... Building up People Power: the role of the alternative press Coverage of the 25th anniversary of the Philippine People Power events focus on the chain of events from February 21 and the takeover of government by Corazon Aquino. But the story really goes back to the years of protest undertaken by freedom fighters, many of whom remain nameless. The... Covering climate change: Missing the forest for the trees by John Reiner M. Antiquerra Published in the January â February 2011 issue of PJR Reports The Philippine media reported on the possible effects of the unusually cold weather last January on food supply, public health and even on tourism. They did stories on the prices of vegetables from Benguet... Reading what they supportâor oppose Cheers to GMA News Online for posting the full text of the consolidated Reproductive Health (RH) bill approved by the House Committee on Population and Family Relations as of Jan. 31. Citizens and journalists, as well as advocates and opponents of the bill, can now read the text of... Covering military corruption: Investigative and explanatory pieces led the way by Hector Bryant L. Macale Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports The allegedly rampant corruption in the military was in the news again after former military comptroller Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia, initially charged of plunder and money laundering, posted bail last Dec. 17, 2010. The... Media coverage of the Reyes Suicide: Breaking all the rules by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports When news broke in the morning of Feb. 8 that former cabinet secretary and retired armed forces chief Angelo T. Reyes had died of a gunshot wound to the chest, the press went out... Timelines Cheers to abs-cbnNEWS.com for creating a timeline about the Philippine Airlines (PAL) labor issue. (See: âInteractive timeline: PAL labor woesâ, Dec. 15, 2010) The timeline, which was built using a web-based timeline software called Timeglider, started with a March 4, 2008 report from Agence France-Presse about the United States Federal... âSpecialâ mention Cheers to the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism for looking into the lack of proper attention to special children mired in poverty. The last in a three-part series on special children, âDilemmas on the âDifferentâ â Are you still âspecialâ if youâre poor?â (Jan. 6), zoomed in on a... Nasty spin Jeers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for its spin on a story that turned out not to be as shocking as the Inquirer made it appear. The Nov. 3 Inquirer banner story quoted Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano as accusing the Aquino administration of treating Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former president... A story’s cost in lives By DJ Yap It was sunny and steaming when I came rushing to the Quirino Grandstand that morning. By nightfall, the skies were in a rage. Until the last minutes of the 11-hour hostage drama of Aug. 23, the mood behind the press line was calm. Journalists milled about,... « Previous1…161162163164165…202Next »
