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 So what’s new on TV? In a move that surprised the entire television industry, a newly-reorganized TV5 pitted a variety show hosted by the controversial Willie Revillame against the flagship news programs of GMA-7 and Revillame’s former station ABS-CBN 2. The result: a stronger TV5 and a series of quick changes in the programming... Journalism Asia Forum 2010: Impunity and Press Freedom IN THE hope that a collective response will rise from the public’s understanding of impunity and its impact on press freedom and democracy, CMFR organized the “Journalism Asia Forum 2010: Impunity and Press Freedom (JAF 2010)” on the first anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre last November 23. The forum... THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE: Mourning, Disappointment and Hope A YEAR has passed since the mass murder of 52 men and women including 32 journalists and media workers, but the trial of those accused of the foul deed has not even begun. Thirty-two journalists and media practitioners were with the wife and relatives of a local politician to... Media labor issues in context A industry-wide union for media workers is key to the labor problems that persist in the media. This is what Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Deputy Director and PJR Reports Luis Teodoro said in a forum on labor issues in media last Nov. 17. Teodoro said the... Irrawaddy founder wins 2010 Claus Fund Award Applications for 2011 awards now open A Burmese journalist-in-exile running a Thailand-based newsmagazine won the 2010 Prince Claus Fund award for journalism. Aung Zaw, founder and editor of The Irrawaddy news magazine won under the journalism category with Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskouei and Yoani Sanchez. Zaw has lived in... Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship for Filipino Journalists The Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF), sponsors of the Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship, announces the start of the application process to select the first fellow of the program in 2011. The Nieman Program has agreed that the Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) will be in... 2010 Burgos Awards announced (Editha Burgos, wife of the late press freedom advocate Jose Burgos, at the awards ceremony) Articles about flood-tolerant rice and a worm-resistant variety of eggplant are among those were recognized in the 2010 Jose Burgos Awards for Biotech Journalism. Malaya’s Paul Icamina won the first prize in the news... Joan Shorenstein Fellowship opens 2011 applications Journalists and political scholars are invited to apply for a one-semester research program at the Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy. The Shorenstein Center Fellowship is named after the political journalist who worked for The Washington Post and, until the time of her... CIME launches first essay contest on media ethics Entries accepted until Nov. 15 The Center for International Media Ethics (CIME) invites journalists to join the Ethicontest, its first essay writing competition on ethical issues in the media. The Ethicontest is open to journalists and journalism students who would like to explore the theme, “Dissemination of information: Government... Leo Dacera, 54 In Memoriam “There is no limit to the good you can do in this world, if you don’t care who gets the credit.” The CENTER FOR MEDIA FREEDOM AND RESPONSIBILITY AND THE FREEDOM FUND FOR FILIPINO JOURNALISTS express their deep sadness at the passing of Senior Assistant State Prosecutor... « Previous1…161718192021Next »
