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We will not surrender our freedoms

Today, 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.

Covering the Pandemic

Covering the CoViD-19 Pandemic

HIV/AIDS seminar for young TV producers held in Bangkok

Source: IJNET.org 22/02/2008 UNESCO and AIBD will host a workshop on HIV/AIDS reporting from March 24-April 11 in Bangkok, Thailand. The seminar will give young TV producers an understanding of HIV/AIDS and the surrounding issues. Participating journalists will be expected to produce mini-documentaries on HIV/AIDS in their own countries....

2008 Ruth First Fellowship announced

Source: IJNET.Org 22/02/2008 South African journalists have the opportunity to apply for the 2008 Ruth First Fellowship. The deadline to apply is February 29. The fellowship will explore the theme, “The economics and politics of energy in South Africa.” The program aims to give journalists/writers/researchers/photographers the space to pursue...

An incomplete report from 24 Oras

Jeers to 24 Oras for an incomplete report about a recent Metro Manila Development Agency (MMDA) plan to weed out colorum buses and improve the city’s heavy traffic congestion. Last Jan. 22, 24 Oras reported that MMDA has started installing microchips to track buses plying Epifanio de los Santos...

Telling the real story behind the “success”

Cheers to ABC-5’s Sentro for painting a clearer picture of the state of the government’s pet store project to alleviate hunger and poverty. Government officials hailed the success of barangay food terminals that sell affordable food and medicine (known as “Tindahan ni Gloria”) after a Social Weather Stations survey...

Adrian Cristobal passes away

Veteran journalist Adrian Cristobal Sr. passed away yesterday. He was 75. May he rest in peace. Adrian E. Cristobal, public man of letters; 75Source: Inquirer.net Adrian E. Cristobal Sr., political satirist, essayist, columnist, fictionist, playwright, literary organizer, popular historian of Andres Bonifacio, and Marcos government functionary and adviser, died...

Rich countries must pay! Poor people must have a say — Action Aid

Here’s a news release from Action Aid, an international anti-poverty institution, that might be useful for the coverage of issues tackled right now at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali. Rich Countries Line up Against the Poor on Climate Change Adaptation Funding Rich countries lined up at the...

An Unprecedented Outrage

Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the Arrest of Members of the Media Covering the Peninsula Hotel Incident Never in the turbulent recent history of the Philippines has any government, including that of Ferdinand Marcos, ever taken into custody members of the media who were...

Journalists and media organizations condemn the arrest of journalists

Maria Ressa, head of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs, condemned the arrests of not only members of the ABS-CBN 2 technical team but also other journalists and media practitioners covering the Makati incident. “We in ABS CBN News strongly condemn the illegal arrests of our ABS CBN reporters and...

A cheap report on cheap toys

TV Patrol World did a disservice to its viewers last night (Nov. 21) when it failed to provide answers to larger questions with its report on China-made cheap toys. According to the story from TV Patrol World‘s resident comic-reporter, cheap toys made from China are now flooding the market...

Guidebook for media monitoring out

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), which has been monitoring election coverage since 1992, recently published a manual on monitoring media coverage of elections in the Philippine setting. Read more here.