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 Journalists and Peace Talks TWENTY-TWO journalists gathered for the seminar “Prospects for Peace under the Duterte Administration” organized by the Center for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) on April 21- 22, 2017 at the Novotel Manila Araneta Center in Quezon City. The training combined lecture and discussion with resource persons from International Alert... Journalists Gather for Violence and Conflict Seminar THIRTY FOUR journalists from all over the country gathered for a two-day seminar-workshop on Violence and Conflict organized by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) on April 1 and 2, 2016 at the Novotel Manila  Araneta Center in Quezon City. The seminar-workshop was an attempt to... On a learning curve in a world of change IN A complex and fast-changing world, journalists cannot be dismissive of the continuing need to learn. They can no longer claim that they have seen and done everything. The need for training is obvious even in simpler times, as not one story is really ever exactly like another. ... Seminar-workshop on news media ethics for blocktimers and freelance broadcasters CMFR will hold a seminar-workshop on news media ethics, with support from the Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy Manila through the US Department of State Small Democracy Grants Program, on January 30 to February 2, 2013 at the AIM Conference Center Manila. The 2nd Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship for Filipino Journalists now open The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) is administering the search for the 2nd Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship sponsored by the Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF). PCIJ Training on SALN PCIJ will conduct another briefing on January 27. Go to http://pcij.org/blog/2012/01/13/do-the-saln-salsa-with-pcij to know more. Visual Media Advocacy Training available The Organization for Visual Progression (OVP), a new organization that focuses on using visual media as a tool to document human rights abuses and social justice issues, partnered with the University of the Philippines – Mindanao, Social Science Department to organize a comprehensive two week-Visual Media Advocacy Training on... Gearing Up For The Elections: NUJP holds training for reporters NUJP holds training for reporters Gearing Up For The Elections By Don Gil K. Carreon IN 2004, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) and the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) conducted separate studies on the Philippine media’s performance during that year’s elections. The CMFR study confirmed...
