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 Covering the diplomatic beat, covering the world By Veronica Uy WHEN I was given this assignment, the Department of Foreign Affairs was in a tizzy it had not known before. Three Filipinos on death row in China had just been executed. Some Filipinos had been evacuated from Egypt but only after the DFA was criticized for... RE The Aquino administration proposals for an FOI Bill The Presidential Communications Group did not directly consult the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on the administration’s proposals for a Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. However, CMFR is a member of the Right to Know, Right Now! Coalition (R2KRN), a network of about 150 organizations and individuals... Remembering JOSE PAVIA: Journalist and Freedom Fighter (Melinda Quintos de Jesus’s speech during the necrological service for Jose “Joe” Pavia, April 21) It is a little difficult to place myself in the chronology of recollection and to know exactly where I should stand among the speakers who remember Joe Pavia. I got to know Joe a... PCIJ reports on the access to information under the Aquino administration The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) released 1 May 2011 an audit of how government agencies dealt with requests for information under the Benigno Aquino III administration. PCIJ asked 27 government agencies–including the Offices of the President and Vice President, the Office of the Ombudsman, and both houses... JOSE L. PAVIA, 72 Jose L. Pavia, one of the nation’s most respected journalists, died this morning (18 April) in the hospital where he had been confined following a series of surgeries for a brain tumor and the discovery that he had lung cancer. He was 72. He is survived by... Warning to Media by Ruby Shaira Panela Published in the January – February 2011 issue of PJR Reports Media, media advocacy and journalists’ organizations must keep a close watch on what the country’s lawmakers are doing. They may otherwise wake up one day with laws restrictive of media practice and press freedom already... Obit: Blankenbaker, 76 American journalist Ron Blankenbaker died of pneumonia on Jan. 30 at Salem Hospital in Washington D.C. He was 76. After serving the United States Army, Blankenbaker worked for the Associated Press, The Dalles Chronicle, and Coeur d’Alene Press in Idaho. In 1961, he transferred to The Oregon Statesman (now... Obit: Nkolokosa, 53 Malawi veteran journalist Jika Nkolokosa died Dec. 27, 2010 after a short illness. He was 53. (Nkolokosa – HTTP://NYASATIMES.COM/) Nkolokosa once worked for Nation Publications Limited, which owns the national daily, The Nation, and other publications like Weekend Nation (formerly, Saturday Nation) Fuko, and magazine Nation on Sunday (formerly,... Obit: McNichol, 54 American investigative reporter Dunstan McNichol of New Jersey (NJ) died Jan. 4 in his home. He was 54. (Dunstan McNichol – HTTP://MEDIA.NORTHJERSEY.COM/) McNichol was a veteran reporter covering the State House (the seat of government in a state) for 10 years under the Star-Ledger, a local paper in NJ.... Obit: Brechner, 98 Freedom of information (FOI) and press freedom advocate Marion Brechner died in Salisbury, New York, United States of America on Jan. 6 after a brief illness. She was 98. (Brechner – HTTP://MEDIA.TRB.COM/) Brechner, together with her husband Joseph, a writer for radio programs during World War II, established a... « Previous1…1516171819…21Next »
