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Pemberton conviction: Admirable professionalism by the press

THE KILLING of Jennifer Laude,a Filipino transgender, by Private First Class Joseph Scott Pemberton of the US Marines on October 11, 2014, is one of those cases that, because... Read more

International Terrorism as Local News

MORE THAN 120 people were killed in the coordinated attacks in six locations by the international terrorist group Islamic State (IS) on November 13 in Paris. The ruthless killings... Read more

Reporting ‘Tanim-Bala’: The Need to Go Deeper

On September 18, Filipino-American Rhed Austria de Guzman recounted on Facebook her experience at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), alleging that airport personnel found two bullets in her... Read more

APEC 2015 Coverage: Still Inadequate After All These Years

WHEN THE Philippines hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit the first time in 1996, it was touted as a coming out party for the administration of then president... Read more

Reporting Metro Manila’s long-term traffic solutions: Media drops the ball

IN EARLY September, the government presented what it called an “action plan” meant to solve the traffic problems in Metro Manila. The plan had three approaches: 1) management and... Read more

Covering ‘Lando’: Lessons learned

GOVERNMENT RESPONSE to Typhoon Lando (International name: Koppu) demonstrated the improved level of disaster preparedness in the country. Government support has made possible more accurate forecasting by the Philippine... Read more

Media focus on celebrities and trivia in reporting the filing of COCs

THE FILING of certificates of candidacy (COC) on October 12 to 16 signaled the start of the election year.Presumably serious political aspirants flocked to the national and local offices... Read more

The LP twerking scandal: Beyond the lewd and obvious

OTHER MEDIA organizations were quick to pick up the story when news broke about a group called Playgirls performing what many thought was a lewd show during the birthday... Read more

Distasteful—and exploitative

JEERS TO several media organizations for showing a video of women in scantily clad costumes dancing suggestively during a Liberal Party (LP) gathering and birthday celebration on October 1. Read more

Providing facts, challenging mistaken notions: Media and the commemoration of Martial Law

THERE CAN never be enough stories on martial law. Filipinos failed to form a Truth Commission as the South Africans did to establish consensus about the Apartheid. We have... Read more