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Mixed blessing, or mixed curse?“Blocktiming” in Bacolod City

BACOLOD CITY – It is one of those “open secrets” in Philippine broadcasting. Politicians would buy chunks of radio time and populate the programs with broadcasters who would, like regular... Read more

Preparing viewers

CHEERS TO Road to 2013 for being a regular forum for discussion of issues related to the 2013 elections. Road to 2013 is among the first television specials already... Read more

Elections then

CHEERS TO Solar Network News for a July 31 special report on the Philippine experience in manual elections as the debate on the next automated elections in May 2013... Read more

Preparing for the elections

Cheers to the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) for its timely focus on next year’s elections, which are only a little more than a year away. ANC started looking into... Read more

Impunity Update

THE INTERNATIONAL Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) designated Nov. 23 as the International Day to End Impunity during its biannual General Meeting in Beirut, Lebanon, from May... Read more

Covering a ‘Miracle’

Covering a ‘Miracle’ How a story moved a reporter to tears By Tonette T. Orejas VEN IN the most dramatic moments of news coverage, I do not remember myself... Read more

Why Pichay still lost: The importance of political ads

Why Pichay still lost The importance of political ads By Rocel Ann G. Junio and Katherine Anne O. Laurio WITH ITS 95-percent reach among Filipino households (according to a... Read more

Not just numbers: TV stations and the Comelec clash on the question of quick count

Not just numbers: TV stations and the Comelec clash on the question of quick count By Venus L. Elumbre THE ROLE of the media in the last elections was... Read more

How Pinoys used the Internet in the elections

IN THE year 2001, people power brought down another Filipino president. Unlike in the first people power uprising in 1986, however, participants in the second found strength not just... Read more

Online publications challenge traditional media in election coverage

Political journalism finds new battleground Online publications challenge traditional media in election coverage By Melanie Y. Pinlac NEW form of medium is carving out an important role in political... Read more