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A waiting game in year two of the Ampatuan Massacre trial

By Melanie Y. Pinlac Published in PJR Reports, November-December 2011 Some developments in the trials of the alleged killers of journalists tend to suggest the continuing dominance of the... Read more

Covering high profile crimesFocus on the sensational

The media coverage of the killing of Italian priest Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, Ramgen Bautista (former actor and son of former senator Ramon Revilla Sr.) and Ricky Pempengco (father of... Read more

Media at workBeating the war drums in Mindanao

ON Nov. 2, 2011, The Manila Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, came out with a banner story that outscooped everybody else. “Mindanao War Inevitable,” the headline screamed in big black... Read more

Media warmongeringPress calls for more violence in Mindanao

The coverage of the armed confrontation between government troops and members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan, Zamboanga Sibugay, and Lanao del Norte reversed the gains... Read more

A conversation on impunity

Recording of live Q&A in Vienna on 23 November 2011 with experts who are combating impunity in some of the world’s most dangerous countries to be a journalist. See... Read more

PJR Reports November-December 2011

SOME Filipino journalists can rank among the best in the world. Since the end of the martial law period the best investigative reports have not only looked into those... Read more

Invitation to Cover'Trail of Impunity'

Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) 22 November 2011 Invitation to Cover and Join 11.23.2011 International Day to End Impunity (IDEI) and... Read more

PJR Reports September – October 2011

Editor’s Note: FOCUS THE POSSIBILITY that some of the journalists who have been killed in this country since 1986 might not have been ethical, or even corrupt, isn’t exactly... Read more

PJR Reports July – August 2011

THE MEDIA whether old (print and broadcast) or new (blogs, online news, and social networking sites) were once again in the center of attention in July and August, as... Read more

Press freedom in Aquino’s first year: Unfulfilled promises and fading hopes

HIS SUPPOSED commitment to free expression and a free press was part of then Sen. Benigno Aquino III’s announced platform during his campaign for the Philippine presidency. Aquino promised... Read more