Cristina Chi Archives

Philstar.com, Rappler, and Vera Files exposed the propaganda against Aquino’s senate win

CHEERS TO Philstar.com, Rappler, and Vera Files for spotting the use of social media to spread partisan false propaganda. The three new organizations revealed the network of coordinated Facebook... Read more

Philstar.com explains ‘ghost students’ in DepEd’s voucher program as a perennial problem

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for breaking down the complexities of the senior high school voucher program and explaining the long-standing issue of ‘ghost students’ benefiting from it. Read more

Philstar.com tracks impact of Trump’s freeze order on USAID fund

CHEERS TO Philstar.com for checking the consequences of President Donald Trump’s stop-work order on United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for development work in the Philippines. Read more

Pia Ranada named Marshall McLuhan Fellow in JVO Journalism Program

JOURNALIST PIA Ranada of Rappler is this year’s recipient of the Marshall McLuhan Fellowship from the Embassy of Canada. Her selection was announced at the 34th Jaime V. Ongpin... Read more

JVO Journalism Seminar slated Nov. 19

THE CENTER for Media Freedom & Responsibility (CMFR) will hold the 34th Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar on Tuesday, November 19, at the SGV Hall in the AIM Conference... Read more

Actions for WPS buried in news coverage

IN RECENT months, headlines tracked the ongoing tension in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), reporting episodes of harassment of Philippine vessels by the Chinese. In September, the Philippine Navy... Read more

Reports expose funding gap between Duterte’s book and learners’ needs

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Philstar.com for drawing attention to the misplaced priorities in the government's budget, particularly the allocation of PHP10 million for Vice President Sara Duterte's self-authored children's... Read more

High Heat and Poor Marks: Two reports connect class suspensions and Filipino learning

CHEERS TO Inquirer.net and Philstar.com for focusing reports on climate-related class suspensions and their dire effect on teachers, students, and the learning process. Cristina Chi on Philstar.com and Kurt... Read more

On Australian TV: No ill-gotten wealth? Only a few dared to speak up in Manila

CHEERS TO Rappler, Philstar.com, News5, and Vera Files for exposing the lies that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., said about his family’s ill-gotten wealth in an interview on Australian television... Read more

ABS-CBN’s Mike Navallo Honored with JVO Award of Distinction; Jodesz Gavilan of Rappler is Marshall McLuhan Fellow for 2023

CMFR HELD the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar in person on Thursday, October 19, the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. The seminar featured a panel of five journalists... Read more