PJR Reports July – August 2010

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Governance and Media in an Information Age by Melinda Quintos de Jesus with research by Ruby Shaira F. Panela Columnists, Partisans, and Conflicts of Interest by Luis V. Teodoro with research by Rupert Francis Mangilit and John Reiner Antiquerra From the Community Press Front:...

Local Media Guidelines in Covering Crisis Situations

Listed below is a matrix of local media organizations’ guidelines for covering hostage situations. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs included these guidelines in its 2006 Standards Ethics Manual. The KBP listed its guidelines on its 2007 Broadcast Code. GMA News and Public Affairs, after an internal assessment of its...

PNP fails to implement own guidelines during Aug. 23 hostage taking

by Rupert Francis Mangilit The Aug. 23 hostage taking showed severe lapses on how the Philippine police manage crisis situations, including its capacity to deal with the press,  despite its own memorandum circular issued in 2006 on how the police should handle the media in such incidents. Issued on...

Government and Media in an Information Age

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus – So far, President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III has been doing a great job communicating with the public and the media. He has brought to the presidential press conference a refreshing style, relaxed and easy, readily providing a lot of information and sharing...

Columnists, Partisans and Conflicts of Interest

by Luis V. Teodoro with research by Rupert Francis D. Mangilit and John Reiner M. Antiquerra (A condensed version of this article will be published in the forthcoming July-August 2010 issue of the PJR Reports.) (See sidebar “Sidebar: When is a columnist too partisan?“) The public expects the news...

Suspect in killing of radio announcer in Zamboanga del Norte charged

CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A murder complaint against the alleged killer of radio blocktimer Ismael Pasigna has been filed before a court in Labason town, Zamboanga del Norte. Labason, Zamboanga del Norte is approximately 745 kilometers from Manila. Labason town mayor Wilfredo Balais told the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility...

PJR Reports September – October 2009

PJR Reports July – August 2009

|| THE FRONT PAGE || The death of former President Corazon Aquino once more brought thousands of Filipinos to the streets. || IN THIS ISSUE || A Death Like No Other by Hector Bryant L. Macale Reporting Health Crises Hit-and-Miss Coverage by Edsel Van DT. Dura ‘Twas the Season...

PJR Reports May – June 2009

|| THE FRONT PAGE || Reporting “one of their own” was problematic for some of the media. || IN THIS ISSUE || Media and Tragedy Making the Private Public by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo Opportunity Missed Party List Issues Hardly Reported by Keith Bacongco Fear of the Unknown More...

PJR Reports March – April 2009

|| THE FRONT PAGE || An affidavit by the “victim” herself triggers a media debate. || IN THIS ISSUE || Unequal Relations The Media, the VFA—and that ‘Rape’ by Alaysa Tagumay E. Escandor Context Missed by Edsel Van DT. Dura An ‘A’ for Effort The Media on the World...