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 Speaking of Media State of denial “It is strange, but not at all surprising, that this repressive Arroyo presidency would dismiss the significant drop in the press freedom index given by inter-national media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres/RSF)…. “Perhaps the Arroyo administration believes that shackling journalists in the middle of... Chronicle 2009 World Press Freedom Prize The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is now accepting nominees for the 2009 Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. Deadline is on Jan. 15, 2009. Created in 1997 on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (May 3), the annual award... PR in the Season of Giving By Marlene Elizalde Cinco The brand message of Christmas has always been about giving. Between Christmas news hooks and forward features lists, ’tis thus the season for public relations (PR) companies to get busy…and dirty? As I crawl my way into the industry, I have witnessed a few practices... Obituaries Manalo, 88 Former journalist and diplomat Armando D. Manalo died of a lingering illness last Oct. 28. He was 88. Manalo wrote for the Manila Chronicle, the Philippines Free Press, and the Manila Standard. His columns and articles were on art, literature, and public affairs. He was a philosophy... Online monitors Cover-up CHEERS TO VERA Files for providing an analysis of government actions related to the return of former Department of Agriculture (DA) undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc-joc” Bolante and the charges filed against him regarding the P 728-million fertilizer fund scam. VERA Files interviewed lawyer Raul Pangalangan and political analyst Felipe... TV monitors Reporting Asia CHEERS TO ANC’s Top Story for trying to move beyond the parochial orientation that characterize much of the Philippine press when it comes to news about the rest of Asia. The program now has a segment devoted exclusively to news and issues from and about Asia, aside... Print monitors Clash over “crash” CHEERS TO the Philippine Daily Inquirer for raising a media concern when the U.S. financial crisis hit the front pages: should journalists call it a crash or not? Published on the front page last Oct. 13, an Associated Press report discussed the hesitation by some news... Twin Jeers of the Month Flawed coverage JEERS TO the Manila press for its flawed coverage of the latest impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The Manila broadsheets and much of television news focused on the accusation by Pangasinan Rep. and former Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. that Arroyo bribed him and other... Editor’s note: Situation Normal SINCE 1986 journalists have been killed in this country with such regularity that the killings came dangerously close to being regarded as normal. Indeed, until the number of killings escalated to 15 in 2004, the Manila press was virtually ignoring the killing of their colleagues in the communities, with... OFWs and Labor Migration: Anemic Reporting and Other Woes By Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo and Edsel Van DT. Dura LABOR MIGRATION, which began as a temporary solution to the country’s economic woes, continues to play a critical role in the Philippine economy. As the chief purveyors of information on vital matters in Philippine society, the media bear the... « Previous1…166167168169170…202Next »
