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 Hide-and-seek with the military For evading and shutting out almost all media in a very important coverage last April 12, both the Philippine Daily Inquirer (“AFP clears four generals: Top brass avoid media, release report on gov’t TV,” April 13) and the Big News put to task Vice-Admiral Mateo... When Governments Put Journalists in Jail Across Asia, press freedom and economic prosperity don’t mix When Governments Put Journalists in Jail By Nathan Lee and Don Gil K. Carreon WHILE JOURNALISTS in Iraq and the Philippines struggle to dodge bullets, scores of other media practitioners across Asia continue to languish behind prison bars. Despite the... Cyberspace: The New Combat Zone Governments seek to control ‘citizen media’ Cyberspace: The new combat zone By Hector Bryant L. Macale There is a new arena in the fight for freedom of expression. This is cyberspace, a new zone where a conflict rages between those who promote free expression and those who seek to... Harbinger of Bigger Troubles? By Hector Bryant L. Macale and Venus L. Elumbre On April 5, the New York Times came out with an editorial criticizing President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo for having “completely lost touch with the ideals that inspired the ‘people power’ movement.” The editorial, which was quickly played up by the... Covering a ‘Conspiracy’ A ‘plot’ fails, the government strikes back, and a reporter is in trouble Covering a ‘Conspiracy’ By Ellen Tordesillas A cardinal rule in news reporting is: never burn your sources. Yet that was precisely what Time magazine did to Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and businessman Pastor Saycon in its... Crisis: National Court orders gov’t to reply to journalists’ petition The Court of Appeals has summoned the government to answer the petition of media organizations and journalists seeking to prohibit the government, particularly executive-branch officials, from restraining media and intimidating journalists. In a resolution dated April 7 and written by Associate... Crisis: International Nepal cracks down on journalists More Nepalese journalists are being jailed for participating in the country’s struggle for press freedom. According to the Federation of Nepalese Journalists (FNJ), more than 200 Nepalese journalists have been detained since April 4, 2006. Thirty-one journalists remain under arrest as of April 18.... Chronicle Unicef, PPI seminar: Reporting on children The United Nations Children’s Fund and the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) will conduct a seminar-workshop on child-sensitive jour-nalism on May 25-26 in Baguio City. The workshop will cover the current situation of child reporting in the country, guidelines on reportage on children, spotting... Obituaries Goodbye, ‘Uncle Bob’ Robert “Uncle Bob” Stewart, founder of the TV broadcasting network GMA-7, passed away on April 6 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 89. Uncle Bob was an American war correspondent who sent his first radio transmission through his AM station, the Republic Broadcasting System. A decade after... Striking out in Hong Kong A journalist’s success story Striking out in Hong Kong By Leo A. Deocadiz The consul general is speaking in the anniversary program of a door-to-door cargo company in Chater Garden, a park in Hong Kong’s Central district. She reiterates the consulate’s commitment to serve the Filipino community. And then... « Previous1…197198199200201…203Next »
