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 A Scary Coverage: “Ghost-whispering” By JB Santos JEERS TO broadcasting and cheers to print in their coverage of the All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day holidays last November. Though there were bright spots in the coverage, mostly appearing in print, outrageous stories along the line of the infamous Magandang Gabi Bayan horror... The local press on U.S. elections: Peaks and Pitfalls By Hector Bryant L. Macale THE LOCAL press coverage of the Nov. 4 U.S. elections had bright spots, but these were few and far between. From Oct. 27 to Nov. 7, PJR Reports monitored the U.S. election coverage by three major newspapers (the Manila Bulletin, Philippine Daily Inquirer, and... The “Euro Generals” Scandal: A Cover-up or a Lapse in Judgment? By Edsel Van DT. Dura THE PRESS generally took on the he-said, she-said method at the onset of its coverage on the Philippine National Police (PNP) official who was questioned by Russian customs officers for carrying an excessive amount of cash as he was leaving Moscow. Retired PNP police... Press Freedom Continued to Decline in 2008 By JB Santos PRESS FREEDOM again took a beating in 2008 as the number of journalists killed in the line of duty, one of the most telling indicators of threat to press freedom, rose to six from two recorded cases in 2007. The Philippines’ ranking in world press freedom... Another journalist killed CMFR/PHILIPPINES – On 2 December 2008, another radio broadcaster was gunned down by unknown assailants in the town of San Roque. Northern Samar. Northern Samar is approximately 479 kms from Manila. At around 6 p.m., Leo Mila, 38, of Radyo Natin (Our Radio) in San Roque was on his... Reporting Mindanao: ‘A series of unfortunate events’ By Jose Torres Jr. A series of unfortunate events”— from “bad beginnings” in the past to what could be the “penultimate peril” lately —can best describe the situation in Mindanao and how the Philippine media reported it. There were shining moments: We were not as ignorant as we had... “Successful” dry run In addition to the peace talks between the Arroyo administration and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), and the resurgent Mindanao conflict, the press also reported the first fully automated elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) last Aug. 11. The “successful” ARMM election was significant since... The Press on the eve of Martial Law: On a learning curve by Luis V. Teodoro AMONG the first victims of Ferdinand Marcos’ proclamation of martial law 36 years ago were journalists. A dozen or so mostly print practitioners—men and women both– were among those the military had on its “national target list,” and were immediately arrested. Marcos placed the entire... Journalist killed in Quezon province CMFR/Philippines – Two unidentified men gunned down a provincial journalist on his way home in Sariaya, Quezon province on 30 June 2008. Quezon is a province approximately 100 kms southeast of Manila. Fausto “Bert” Sison, a correspondent for the weekly Regional Bulletin and a broadcaster at the Lucena-based dzAT-AM,... Out of Context One of the long-established principles of journalism is that of providing context. It’s a companion principle of accuracy, which in addition to requiring that journalists get the names, dates and places right in news reporting, demands that they also tell their audience—whether readers, viewers, or listeners— the larger story... « Previous1…167168169170171…202Next »
