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Radio broadcaster killed in Palawan


CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A radio broadcaster was shot dead in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan province last 24 January 2011. If the killing is work related, Ortega will be the second journalist killed in the line of duty under the Benigno Aquino III administration. Palawan is a province approximately 592 kilometers...

Police officer denies access to broadcaster


CMFR/PHILIPPINES – An intelligence officer of the Philippine National Police (PNP) allegedly prevented a radio broadcaster in Quezon province last 05 January 2011 from covering a story following the arrest of alleged members of the New People’s Army. Quezon is approximately 100 kilometers from Manila. Senior Supt. Ramon Balauag...

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...

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...

UN Special Rapporteur special guest at Journalism Asia Forum 2010


For coverage/participation, please call CMFR at the following numbers: (+63 2 894/1326/894-1314/840-0889) Frank La Rue, the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Opinion and Expression, will serve as a special guest speaker at the Journalism Asia Forum 2010 on November 23. The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility...

Regional fora, meetings mark CMFR commemoration of Ampatuan Massacre Anniversary


The Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is holding “The Journalism Asia Forum 2010 (JAF) – Impunity and Press Freedom” on November 23 to mark the first year anniversary of the Ampatuan (Maguindanao) massacre, in which fifty-eight people including 32 journalists and media workers were murdered in...

Reporter warned of possible threat


CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A local TV reporter received a warning from a concerned citizen of a possible threat to one of two TV  news crews covering the Barangay (village) and Sangguniang Kabataan (youth council) elections in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Lanao del Sur is a province approximately 818 kilometers...

Reporter fears his being surveilled could be connected to massacre


CMFR/PHILIPPINES – A journalist in General Santos City claims that unidentified men have been watching his house. General Santos City is a chartered city in the southernmost Philippine island of Mindanao.  It is approximately 1,049 kilometers south of Manila. Aquiles Zonio, a correspondent of the Manila newspaper Philippine Daily...

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