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 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... The Missing Beats They are also described as minor, small or dead The Missing Beats By Venus L. Elumbre and Don Gil K. Carreon ONE OF media’s functions is to get people to pay attention to topics they need to be concerned about. Politics and governance are two issues people need to... Inside PCIJ still among top 50 Pinoy blogs AT THE height of the “Hello, Garci” scandal in June 2005, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) blog registered almost 500,000 unique hits. “Unique hits” refer to the total number of visitors with unique IP (Internet protocol address) within a specific period, like a month. Because of the... What’s Going On At PCIJ? As its top people leave, the future looks hazy, What’s Going On In PCIJ? By Hector Bryant L. Macale ANY DISCUSSION on the state of investigative journalism in the country would not be complete without mentioning the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ). Established in 1989, PCIJ has made... « Previous1…180181182183184…202Next »
