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 EVERYTHING I KNOW, I LEARNED ON THE JOB This article will appear in the July-August 2009 issue of PJR Reports. EVERYTHING I KNOW, I LEARNED ON THE JOB By RG Cruz By November 21 this year, I will have spent exactly 8 years in the profession of journalism. It was in November 21 of 2001, about seven... Crises and Scandals: A PUBLIC THAT’S NONE THE WISER By the PJR Reports staff THE PRESS clearly missed out important points on the biggest political crises that haunted the Arroyo presidency last year, although there were efforts to improve the coverage. Part of the reason: there were just too many scandals for reporters assigned to several beats to... PING PONG COVERAGE OF A GOLFERS’ BRAWL By Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo THE MASSIVE online interest on the fight between the families of Agrarian Reform Secretary Nasser Pangandaman Sr. and businessman Delfin De La Paz at the Valley Golf and Country Club in Antipolo City last Dec. 26 eventually caught the attention of the mainstream press.... The “Alabang boys” controversy: WHO BRIBED WHOM? By Edsel Van DT. Dura THE MEDIA coverage of the suspected bribery of government officials for the release of three drug suspects lacked the critical information needed to help the public form a tentative but intelligent opinion on the allegations. PJR Reports monitored media coverage from Dec. 23 until... Unsafe CHEERS TO various news organizations for providing background reports on the mothballed Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) instead of the usual day-to-day coverage of the revived issue. Pending a bill at the House of Representatives, the government is studying if commissioning the BNPP can boost the country’s energy-generating capacity.... When The Media Stereotype By Debbie A. Uy HAVE THE Philippine media become more open to criticism of their coverage and reporting? A recent complaint against top broadcasting company ABS-CBN 2 is an instructive study on the media’s lapses, improvements in their response to criticism, and what more can be done. The remark... No suspects in Misamis Occidental broadcaster’s killing CMFR/PHILIPPINES – The Philippine National Police (PNP) has no suspects in the killing of a broadcaster in Oroquieta City last 23 February 2009. Oroquieta City is the capital of Misamis Occidental, a province approximately 747 kms from Manila. A gunman riding tandem on a motorcycle shot several times broadcaster... The Gaza crisis: NOT AS DISTANT AS THE MEDIA THINK (This commentary will appear in the upcoming January-February 2008 issue of the PJR Reports.) By H. Harry L. Roque Jr. THE PHILIPPINE media have allowed the crisis at the Gaza strip to take a back seat to two ongoing domestic issues: the Alabang boys and Pangandaman Valley Golf Club incidents. While perhaps... International Crisis Burmese junta hands down ridiculous prison sentences A POPULAR comedian active in Burma’s democracy movement was sentenced to 45 years in jail last Nov. 21 for criticizing the junta’s slow response to cyclone Nargis, videotaping the damage and organizing his own relief efforts—what International Free Expression Exchange (IFEX) member... National Crisis Sixth journalist killed ANOTHER BROADCASTER was shot and killed last Nov. 17 by a killer onboard a motorcycle in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental. He was the sixth Filipino journalist killed this year, and the fifth killed in the line of duty. Arecio Padrigao, 55, of dxRS Radyo Natin had... « Previous1…165166167168169…202Next »
