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Rappler appoints new leaders

RAPPLER ANNOUNCED on October 6 the appointment of three new leaders: Natashya Gutierrez as company president, Pia Ranada as community head, and Jon Dayao as chief technology director. Read more

GMA’s Tordecilla is 2023 Nieman fellow, to study for a year in Harvard

JAEMARK TORDECILLA, head of digital media at GMA News and senior assistant vice president at GMA Network, has been selected by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism as one of... Read more

Amando Doronila, 95

AMANDO “DORO” Doronila, veteran journalist and renowned political columnist, died due to complications from pneumonia on Friday, July 7, 2023 in Australia. He was 95. Read more

Rappler’s Gloria is WAN-IFRA’s 2023 journalism laureate

GLENDA GLORIA, executive editor and co-founder of Rappler, has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious journalism honors, the Women in News Editorial Leadership Awards from the World... Read more

Meet the Philippines’ first transgender TV presenter

AWARD-WINNING actress, television producer, and comedian KaladKaren continues to blaze the trail for the Filipino LGBTQ+ community as she becomes the first transgender TV presenter in the country. On... Read more

‘Peace is a process’: Int’l peace prize for MindaNews’ Arguillas

JOURNALIST AND journalism educator Carolyn O. Arguillas has been awarded this year’s Luxembourg Peace Prize. A fellow of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility’s Jaime V. Ongpin (JVO)... Read more

Journalist Joe Torres named new PIA chief

JOURNALIST JOSE “Joe” Torres Jr. has been appointed as the new director general of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA). An award-winning journalist and author, Torres will manage the country’s... Read more

For lending her voice to social causes, journalist-activist Espina-Varona wins Hildegarde award

JOURNALIST AND activist Maria Salvacion “Inday” Espina-Varona was awarded the 2023 Hildegarde Award for Women in Media and Communication by Scholastica’s College Manila. Read more

MindaNews names Timonera as new editor, marks 2 decades of Mindanao journalism

JOURNALIST ROBERT “Bobby” Timonera is taking over as editor in chief of MindaNews effective on June 1, 2023. Outgoing editor Carolyn Arguillas will head the outfit’s Publications, Archives and... Read more

TeleRadyo to end 16-year run, ABS-CBN in new venture with Romualdez firm

THREE YEARS after the closure of ABS-CBN broadcast platforms, the network continues to contract its cable programs due to financial losses. On May 23, the company announced that TeleRadyo... Read more