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 TV anchors and the news TV anchors and the news What you see and what you get By Junette B. Galagala They look smart. They’re sleek. They look you in the eye when delivering the news. And in a job that strives to give an exact picture of a highly imperfect world, they personify... The Other Journalist The life and (hard) times of the news photographer The Other Journalist by Luz Rimban IT IS impossible to imagine a newspaper today without pictures in this age of lightweight, high-tech photographic equipment. The best photos occupy prominent places on the front pages of the dailies, sometimes eating up... How Media Fared in Elections ’04 IN 2004, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) started a landmark project: monitoring the performance of the media during the presidential elections. Included in the monitor were six television newscasts, two public affairs programs, and the front pages of three major broadsheets. Dubbed “Citizens’ Media Monitor,” the... Monitoring the coverage of the May ’07 elections: Will Media Do a Better Job This Time? Monitoring the coverage of the May ’07 elections Will Media Do a Better Job This Time? By Venus L. Elumbre and Hector Bryant L. Macale WITH THE elections just two months away, is the public getting relevant information about the senatorial and party-list candidates from the press? Is the... TV Monitors The truth behind the pol ads Top Story reported on Feb. 8 a proposal of the Philippine Association of National Advertisers (PANA) to check the claims made by candidates in their political advertisements. According to the report, the “truth test” will check the ads’ substance (the candidate’s platform and... Online Monitors Looking for context The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) posted a report in its blog last Feb. 9 about the luxury cars owned by some congressmen. “If you want to see the latest and the most powerful vehicles the car industry has to offer, visit the parking lot... Print Monitors Twin stories One report with exactly the same content, written by two different writers, for two rival papers. Was it just coincidence? On March 3, The Philippine Star published a story about a girl who was scheduled to swim across the Mactan Strait on Puerto Princesa’s founding anniversary the... 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... « Previous1…179180181182183…202Next »
