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AM Radio News Media Coverage of the 2013 Senatorial and Party-list Elections: Radio was focused on personalities and controversies (March 19-April 12)

During the period monitored, a number of non-election issues edged out reporting on the elections. When radio did report the elections, coverage was hardly different from that of previous... Read more

Press and online freedom (Updated)

In observing World Press Freedom Day 2013, we must include in our discussion the need to protect Internet freedom and its enrichment of human communication. I may not be its... Read more

More of the Usual (Part 2)

The four television news programs focused on the prominent senatorial candidates. The coverage of the party-list group also remained lacking in substance. The public affairs programs and election specials... Read more

Reporting Political Dynasties

OF THE political dynasties in the country, the Ampatuan clan is among the most controversial because of its alleged involvement in the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23,... Read more

Radio manager receives threatening text

A manager and franchise owner of a radio station in Hinoba-an town, Negros Occidental received a threatening message a few weeks after he filed a civil suit against the... Read more

Election doldrums

In a country where people have called themselves "election-crazy," we seem to have lost it. There is little visible excitement, and I do not think it has to do... Read more

Covering or seeking cover?: The curious cases of blocktimers in Negros Occidental

It is the election season, when politics, the news media, and entertainment are thrown into one merry, colorful, noisy, and moneyed mix. It is also the time when some... Read more

Elections and the crisis of information

ELECTIONS ARE the only means through which an allegedly free people can delegate their sovereign powers of governance to leaders they can trust to enforce their will. Electing the right... Read more

PR time

ELECTIONS ARE among the best of times for public relations organizations and practitioners. Philippine politicians need favorable media exposure, or exposure whether good or bad. Being mentioned in the... Read more

First Report: TV, Broadsheets Covered Most Well Known Candidates for Senator in First Two Weeks of the Campaign (Feb. 12-24, 2013)

Will we see more of the same news media coverage this year that has characterized every election campaign? Read more