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 Meet the “Other” Journalist “It is impossible to imagine a newspaper today without pictures,” veteran journalist and educator Luz Rimban writes in the March 2007 issue of the PJR Reports. And yet, in the world of journalism, news photographers are “often considered second-class citizens.” “In the world of journalism— Philippine journalism at least—... LOOKING FOR ELECTION NEWS ONLINE? LOOKING FOR ELECTION NEWS ONLINE? Compiled by Ederic Eder •   GMANews.tv’s Eleksyon 2007 GMA-7 News and Public Affairs’ election portal with election news special reports, videos and photos, profiles of candidates, surveys, GIS maps, and family trees of political clans. •   Inquirer.net’s Eleksyon 2007 Philippine Daily Inquirer ’s election... Notes on the Kris-James-Hope Saga An ‘investigative report’ Notes on the Kris-James-Hope Saga By Elvira Mata I MISS Kris. She stopped hosting her daily TV shows when she came to her senses and announced in early March that she would take a break from showbiz and have her baby like normal people do—full term,... Chronicle Pinoy wins Asian human rights award A Filipino journalist won the Asian Human Rights Press Awards on March 26, besting 400 other entries in the region. Jason Gutierrez of the Agence France Presse won for a feature story on the military’s alleged murder of Isaias Sta. Rosa, a peasant... Crisis: International Thai gov’t shuts down online forum THE Thai government has ordered the shutdown of a political chat room on the grounds of national security. The chat room Ratchadamnoen, dedicated to political discussions on the website www.Pantip.com, was ordered taken down by the Thai government on April 8 for the... Crisis: National Inquirer publisher, editors post bail for libel THE PUBLISHER and seven editors of the Philippine Daily Inquirer were detained for an hour at a Manila Police Station on March 20 after a Manila court issued warrants of arrest for a P22-million libel charge. The case was filed by President... Loses libel case filed by congressman, broadcaster lands in jail Loses libel case filed by congressman Broadcaster Lands in Jail By Jose Bimbo F. Santos MURPHY’S LAW is at work in the case of radio commentator Alex Adonis. Penniless and abandoned by his lawyer and employer, the former Bombo Radyo broadcaster is now languishing in jail for libel. Adonis... Gearing Up For The Elections: NUJP holds training for reporters NUJP holds training for reporters Gearing Up For The Elections By Don Gil K. Carreon IN 2004, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) conducted separate studies on the Philippine media’s performance during that year’s elections. The CMFR study confirmed... CMFR MONITOR OF NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS CMFR MONITOR OF NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS (Second monitoring period, March 3 – 16, 2007) Coverage of party-list groups gets boost from Ocampo arrest The period under review saw a sudden surge in the reportage on party-list groups—a distinct departure from the 2004 presidential elections... CMFR MONITOR OF NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS CMFR MONITOR OF NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2007 NATIONAL ELECTIONS (First monitoring period, February 13 – March 2, 2007) Team Unity gets widest coverage from TV, print HERE were few surprises in the media coverage of the national elections in the first three weeks of the campaign. Both... « Previous1…175176177178179…201Next »
