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 Soliven, 77 VETERAN JOURNALIST Maximo “Max” Soliven died of acute pulmonary and cardiac arrest on Nov. 24 in Tokyo, Japan. He was 77. Before his death, Soliven was publisher and chairman of the board of The Philippine Star, which he founded in July 1986 with the late Betty Go... Crisis: International Bomb suspect sues Swaziland paper THE TIMES, one of Swaziland’s papers, has been sued for E75,000 (approx. US$10,000) on Nov. 27 by a man accused of recently bombing government structures and currently facing high treason charges at the High Court of Swaziland. In his complaint, Vusi Shongwe said the... Crisis: National Radio broadcaster-activist killed A broadcaster was gunned down by an unidentified assassin on Nov. 27 in Cagayan. According to a report of the World Association of Commu-nity Radio Broadcasters, Anthony Licyayo, 38, who was also a farmer, was on his way to attend to his rice field in Sitio... Reporters and editors take a good look at journalism schools: Are They Good Enough? Reporters and editors take a good look at journalism schools Are They Good Enough? By Venus L. Elumbre and Jose Bimbo F. Santos OUR YEARS of journalism school should prepare future reporters for their job. All those years spent learning how to write the news, knowing about the history... Proposed journalism curricula of CHED’s Technical Committee on Journalism Bachelor of Arts in Journalism (126 units) General Education: 63 units •   Language and Literature: 24 units •   Mathematics and Natural Sciences: 15 units •   Humanities and Social Sciences: 18 units •   Mandated Subjects: 6 units (Life and Works of Rizal; Philippine History) Core courses: 21 units or 3... Reading, Writing —and Thinking: What journalism schools should teach What journalism schools should teach Reading, Writing —and Thinking By Yvonne T. Chua AN ALREADY blind Joseph Pulitzer unveiled this much-derided vision in 1904. The Hungarian-American newspaper magnate was then dangling a hefty endowment to the prestigious Columbia University to start what he had hoped to be the world’s... The Press and the Law The Press and the Law Limited protection By Don Gil K. Carreon DOES THE Philippines have a strong legal framework to defend the press and its independence? Can the law provide adequate protection for the press against journalist killings, harassment such as the 11 libel suits filed by First... The Press vs. Mike Arroyo: Journalists fight back Journalists fight back The Press vs. Mike Arroyo By Nathan Lee Can’t we do anything more?” bewailed journalists charged with libel by the First Gentleman, Jose Miguel Arroyo. For some of them who have had to go through the motions of defense more than once, the prospect of yet... SEAPA Gender and Alerts workshop report SEAPA Gender and Alerts workshop report Same problems, different conditions By Jose Bimbo Santos During the farewell meal for participants in the Gender and Alerts Workshop and the Organizational Development Training in Bangkok, at least one person had reason to be pleased. Chuah Siew Eng, alerts coordinator of the... Heroes of Press Freedom: The underground press in the time of Marcos Heroes of Press Freedom The underground press in the time of Marcos Silent Warriors of the Pen By Carolina S. Malay Shortly after the declaration of martial law in 1972, underground newspapers popped up everywhere. Crudely printed and sharply critical, they angrily called on their readers to rise up... « Previous1…183184185186187…201Next »
