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 Children in the News Do journalists remember the doâs and donâts? Children in the News By Rachel E. Khan and Elena E. Pernia According to the National Statistics Office, children below 18 years old comprise about 43.4 percent of the estimated population of 84 million Filipinos. At the same time, a United Nations... From the Mouths of Babes A TV news program forâand byâthe youth From the Mouths of Babes By Venus L. Elumbre The youth do make up majority of the countryâs population. But seldom are they heard, even in media. When they become the subject, their stories are seen from the point of view of... The Climb To The Top Was thereâor was there notâa network war in the Everest expedition? The Climb To The Top By Don Gil K. Carreon ON MAY 17, Filipinos received the news that Heracleo âLeoâ Oracion, member of the First Philippine Mount Everest Expedition (FPMEE), became the first Filipino to scale the worldâs... âMutya ng Masaâ No More A reporter clashes with employer ABS-CBN âMutya ng Masaâ No More By Hector Bryant L. Macale FOR MILLIONS of television viewers, she was the âMutya ng Masaââthe small, spunky reporter who covered the stories that directly involved the man on the street. In a medium that insisted on stereotypes,... Crisis: National Palawan broadcaster shot dead Radio journalist Fernando âDongâ Batul was killed early morning of May 22 about 200 meters away from radio station dyPR where he worked in Puerto Princesa City. The unidentified gunmen immediately fled aboard a blue motorcycle. Batul was taken to the nearest hospital but was... Crisis: International Indon edition of Playboy suspended About 300 protesters broke into the editorial office of Playboy magazine in Jakarta in April, forcing the publication to suspend operations. Violent anti-pornography protests by religious groups forced the magazine to stop operating barely two weeks after its launch. Playboy Indonesia, a toned-down version... Chronicle JVOAEJ Awards winners to be known June 29 The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), in cooperation with the Ateneo de Manila University, will an-nounce the winners of the 17th annual Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) on June 29 (Thursday) at a program to... Obituaries Gegantoca, 68 Veteran Bicol journalist and Philippine Daily Inquirer contributor Carlos âTio Calingâ S. Gegantoca died on May 5. He was 68. Gegantoca was also a columnist of the Bicol Chronicle and the Weekly Digest. He was president of the Albay-Legazpi Press Association Inc. and also a professor at... Covering Crime Life as a police reporter Covering Crime By Willard Cheng It was 5:45 a.m. I was ready to call it a dayâor nightâwhen I got a call from our news desk. âRush to SLEX. A truck just plowed into a house. One person is killed,â desk editor Paul Espiritu... Editor’s Note: Recognizing power During the waning Marcos years, the late Mark Fineman who was covering the Philippines for the Los Angeles Times once loudly asked if anyone had a match so he could light his cigarette. Faster than he could finish his sentence, two Filipinos seated beside him quickly offered their lighters,... « Previous1…194195196197198…201Next »
