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 Inquirer, Star, Newsbreak and Philippine Graphic grab top JVOAEJ prizes For more information on the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ), please contact the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility at any of the following numbers: 894-1314/894-1326. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Philippine Star, Newsbreak, and Philippine Graphic won the top awards in the 18th Jaime... Sounds like the Philippines? The Philippines is not the only country in the world where killings of journalists remain rampant, resulting in a culture of “intolerable impunity,” and intimidation of the press coming no less than from the government. Journalists from all over the world condemned the continued killings of Russian journalists and... Senate and Party-list News takes a Backseat Media coverage of the Senate and party-list elections waned less than a month before the May 14 elections as other issues competed for media’s attention. The fourth report of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) monitor of media coverage of the 2007 elections said the decline in... Commission on Election bans election quick counts The Commission on Elections (Comelec), the government body responsible for running elections in the Philippines, ordered a stop on 16 May 2007 to the āmedia countsā being conducted by the TV networks GMA-7 and ABS-CBN on the grounds that they were āunauthorizedā and āconfuse our people.āāThe stations should not... Court bars airing of public affairs program story A local public affairs was barred from airing a story on 12 May 2007 by a temporary restraining order (TRO). A representative from Lanao del Norteās second district secured the TRO, preventing GMA Network Inc.ās Imbestigador (Investigator) program from airing a segment that reported on the almost six-decade reign... On Public Affairs Programsā Coverage of the Senate Coverage and Party-list Elections and Political Advertising in Print and Broadcasting The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) has an analytical report on selected television public affairs programsā coverage of the Senate and party-list elections and on the political advertising over selected TV stations and broadsheets is supplemental to the regular CMFR reports on the coverage of the elections... Foreign journalists barred from interview in military camp Two journalists from the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines (Focap) were banned from entering the Philippine Marines headquarters in Taguig City on 9 May 2007 for a pre- arranged interview with jailed opposition senatorial candidate and former Navy officer Antonio Trillanes IV.Focap is the organization of foreign correspondents... Supplemental Report: Tabloid and AM Radio Coverage of the Senate and Party-List Elections (16-27 April 2007) The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) writes an analytical report on the tabloid and AM radio coverage of the Senate and party-list elections. This report is supplemental to the regular CMFR reports on the coverage of the elections by selected Manila broadsheets and TV news programs and... Media coverage of elections declines in sixth and seventh weeks of campaign CMFR Monitor of News Media Coverage of the 2007 National Elections:Media coverage of elections declines in sixth and seventh weeks of campaignConsolidated report (February 13 to March 30, 2007) A report on the media coverage of the elections during the first seven weeks of the campaign (February 13 to... Scandals put party-list ahead in media coverage CMFR Monitor of News Media Coverage of the 2007 National Elections:Scandals put party-list ahead in media coverageBut Team Unity retains coverage edge over Genuine Opposition The Arroyo administration’s Team Unity (TU) continued to be covered more than the Genuine Opposition (GO) by the three leading Manila newspapers and six... « Previous1…1920212223…36Next »
