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 Obit Cusipag, 74 FILIPINO JOURNALIST Ruben Javier Cusipag died last July 9. He was 74. Gonzalez, 78 FILIPINO JOURNALIST Raul Gonzalez died of cancer last May 15. He was 78. Daniels, 74 AMERICAN MAGAZINE editor Judith Glassman Daniels died of stomach cancer last September 1. She was 74. Whicker, 87 BRITISH BROADCASTER and journalist Alan Donald Whicker... Obit BRITISH JOURNALIST David Frost died of a heart attack last August 31. Frost was best known for his series of interviews with resigned US President Richard Nixon in 1977 in which the latter admitted his part in the Watergate scandal. The events were retold in a hit play, "Frost/Nixon",... Obit Dunning, 73 AMERICAN JOURNALIST Bruce Gardner Dunning died from injuries suffered in a fall last August 26. He was 73. Peach, 78 AUSTRALIAN JOURNALIST and television presenter Bill Peach died of cancer last August 27. He was 78. SWAT team assaults radio station personnel CMFR/Philippines – Members of a police Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in pursuit of alleged gang members entered a radio station in Iloilo City and assaulted station personnel on 25 August 2013. Iloilo City is some 600 kilometers south of Manila. SWAT team members assaulted the personnel of... Obit Perez, 55 FILIPINO JOURNALIST Jaime "Jimmy" Perez died last August 7. He was 55. Germond, 85 AMERICAN JOURNALIST Jack Worthen Germond died last August 14 of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 85. Media barred from coverage; colonel apologizes CMFR/Philippines – Army troops prevented reporters and photographers from entering a refugee evacuation center in Guindulungan town, Maguindanao province, on 30 July 2013. Maguindanao province in the island of Mindanao is some 1,600 kilometers south of Manila. Freelance stringer Ferdinandh Cabrera, along with his colleagues and human rights monitoring... Obit Palmer, 77 AMERICAN JOURNALIST and veteran reporter John Palmer died of pulmonary fibrosis last August 3. He was 77. Obit Esposo, 64 (Updated) FILIPINO COLUMNIST William "Billy" Macgregor Esposo died of heart failure* last April 7. He was 64. UP Gawad Plaridel opens nominations THE UNIVERSITY of the Philippines College of Mass Communication is now accepting nominations for the 2013 Gawad Plaridel. MediaNation 9Focus on corruption THIS YEAR’S “MediaNation (MN) 9” opened with the theme “Corruption in the Media” on Nov. 23, the third anniversary of the 2009 Ampatuan Massacre and the second International Day to End Impunity (IDEI). « Previous1…7891011…21Next »
