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When too much is too much

Jeers to 24 Oras and especially TV Patrol for devoting excessive airtime to Shamcey Supsup’s bid in this year’s Miss Universe beauty pageant last Sept. 13. Read more

Broadcast media fomented the “Poleteismo” controversy

THE BROUHAHA over visual artist Mideo Cruz’ “Poleteismo”(Polytheism) was the result of deliberate sensationalism by ABS-CBN 2’s “investigative” program XXX. By focusing on Cruz’ art installation (especially on its most... Read more

A Year After: The Press and the Aug. 23 Hostage Taking

One year after the bloody Aug. 23, 2010 hostage taking incident in Manila, has the Philippine press learned any lesson from the coverage? Read more

Covering Osama bin Laden’s death: Unanswered Questions

The larger questions surrounding bin Laden’s killing, however, were largely unanswered in the coverage. To be fair, some print and online columnists did write analyses that provided some context.... Read more

Out of the media boxMaking Sense of Oil Price Hikes

OIL IS among the economy’s most important and widely-used commodities. Its price, which directly and indirectly affects so many people, is among the most politically sensitive issues in the... Read more

News Agenda Failure?Focus On a Wedding

THE COVERAGE of the British royal wedding showed how the Philippine press evaluates which events are newsworthy. Of the conventional news values, human interest and prominence usually take precedence... Read more

News as Entertainment

PRESIDENT AQUINO's love life, Pope John Paul II’s beatification, and the British royal wedding were among the major stories in the Philippine media last April. These landed on... Read more

Reporting the Number

by Bernadette Reyes Published in the May-June 2011 issue of PJR Reports To be the first to know is not always a good thing, especially when people don’t want to hear... Read more

PJR Reports May – June 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Out of the Media Box Covering Oil Price Hikes by Sonny Africa News Agenda Failure? Focus On a Wedding by Kathryn Roja G. Raymundo... Read more

PJR Reports March – April 2011

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Merci in Media What Fourth Estate? by Hector Bryant L. Macale with research from Venus Clarisse C. Tenorio and Ro Adrian Daniel E. Taningco... Read more