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 Monitors: Print The big falling-out The Philippine Daily Inquirer lives by the slogan “Balanced views, fearless views,” but the paper’s Oct. 28 headline, “It’s Palace vs ‘The Firm’: SC vote on Cha-cha confirms falling out,” was hardly an example of balance and fairness. Reporting on the alleged falling-out between President Gloria... Speaking of Media What Gloria wants “We are not only asking media to report only the good news but to deliver the facts straight and accurately….What we are after is freedom but responsible media through the exercise of responsible media freedom.” President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, speaking before the Kapisanan ng mga Broadkaster... Editor’s Note: Making heroes Time magazine’s choice of Asian heroes gave Filipinos a big reason to be proud. There in the list of the most illustrious names in the continent were four Filipinos: one a former president; another, a superb billiards player; and two, journalists. Two journalists out of four heroes—can anything be... Working for Online News By Maila Ager When a friend asked me if I was interested in working for INQ7.net, the online news of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and GMA-7, I was hesitant. For one thing, I did not know the medium; for another, I did not think I had the skill to... Obituaries Fernando, 48 ALEX FERNANDO, deputy managing editor of The Philippine Star, died in his sleep last Oct. 23. He was 48. In 1978, Fernando was editor in chief of The Dawn, the weekly student publication of the University of the East. While a student, he worked at the WE... Chronicle Teodoro returns to CMFR Prof. Luis V. Teodoro joins the Philippine Journalism Review Reports as editorial consultant and member of the Board of Advisers. A journalism professor at the University of the Philippines, Teodoro was editor of the Philippine Journalism Review from 2000-2004. He is also columnist for BusinessMirror.... Crisis: International Russian journalist murdered A RUSSIAN journalist was found dead in an elevator in her apartment building in Moscow on Oct. 7. Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who covered the war in Chechnya, had been receiving threats since 1999 after she wrote articles claiming that the Russian armed forces had committed... Crisis: National Police tries to arrest reporter, fails AN ARREST warrant for a Palace reporter, one of the 43 journalists sued by the husband of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Jose Miguel Arroyo, was served by at least six policemen right inside the Malacañang Palace compound last Nov. 13. Five Manila Police District... Book Review: Must-have books for journalists Book Review: Read, Read, Read! Must-have books for journalists By Jose Bimbo F. Santos In any field, experience—whether your own or those of others—is said to be the best teacher. Journalists, as well as journalism students, will therefore find the following books useful as reference or simply for enjoyment.... RP Still One of the Worst Press Freedom Violators Ranking drops because of harassment, killings RP Still One of the Worst Press Freedom Violators The Philippines is still one of the worst press freedom violators in the world, according to an annual report released recently by the Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontiéres (RSF). RSF’s 2006 World Press Freedom Index,... « Previous1…187188189190191…204Next »
