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 On shrinking a paper “Why the downsizing? Did we have to replace, refit, or retool our behemoth printing presses? “The shift to a narrower format is actually a response to the requirements of both the readers and advertisers. “The old broadsheets had been unusually wide because the Philippine newspapers... Editor’s Note: In front of the cameras—and behind IN THE film “Broadcast News,” the character of Albert Brooks strives mightily to understand why he could not be a television news anchor. His sympathetic rival—the then young and dashing William Hurt—tries to help the stocky and unremarkable-looking Brooks by showing him how to wear a suit and comport... Happy to be back: a journalist returns to an old love A journalist returns to an old love Happy to be back By Shalom F. Mapagu ON THE night of Jan. 16, 2001, 12 of the 23 senators sitting as judges in the impeachment trial of then president Joseph Estrada voted against opening a second envelope from a bank that... Obituary Baldovino, 69 Photojournalist Richard “Dick” Baldovino died on Jan. 6. He was 69. Baldovino, who suffered a massive stroke three years ago, died after going into coma. A key figure in the development of photography in the Philippines, he was known as “The Dean of Philippine Photography.” Baldovino spent... Chronicle Davao journalists take course on conflict resolution SIX MINDANAO journalists went to Australia last Jan. 11 for a week-long course titled, “Conflict-Resolving Media,” at the University of Sydney Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. The journalists were Mindanao Times editor-in-chief Amalia Cabusao; GMA-Davao TV news anchor Temujin Ocampo; Philippine... Crisis: International Putin pledges to protect journalists RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin vowed on Feb. 1 to protect the press following an international outcry over the murder of top investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya. For the first time, Putin also acknowledged the importance of the work of Politkovskaya, whose killing on Oct. 7... Crisis: National Editor, actress settle cases TWO LIBEL cases, this time filed by a journalist against an actress, were dropped on Jan. 30 after both parties reached an out-of-court settlement. Judge Rosanna Fe Maglaya, of Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 88, dismissed journalist Jo-Ann Maglipon’s suits against actress Claudine Barretto... Politics and the Palawan Press More than the usual problems Politics and the Palawan Press By Jose Bimbo F. Santos 2006 was not a good year for the Palawan media. It was the year Fernando “Dong” Batul was murdered, the first journalist to be killed in that province. It was bad enough that the... Covering an Environmental Disaster Television gave viewers nationwide a close look at the Guimaras oil spill. It turned out to be the biggest news story for the local news program Ratsada of GMA and TV Patrol of ABS-CBN. Gemma Villanueva, desk editor of TV Patrol in Iloilo, said she received an advisory from... Media Coverage of an Oil Spill Journalists headed for Guimaras with little knowledge and even less protection Media Coverage of an Oil Spill By Ma. Diosa Labiste N AUG. 11, the oil tanker MT Solar sank off the coast of Guimaras province, causing the worst oil spill in the country. MT Solar was carrying more... « Previous1…179180181182183…201Next »
