Journalism Review Archives | Page 136 of 173

Preparing for another Ondoy

CHEERS to GMANews.tv for a proactive approach in commemorating the anniversary of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. To prepare the people in case another strong typhoon occurs, the news website... Read more

CHEERS TO Newsbreak/abscbnNews.com for reporting on the history and context of the most recent Philippine Airlines (PAL) labor issue. The report, published at abs-cbnNews.com on Aug. 5 looked at... Read more

THE AUG. 23 HOSTAGE-TAKING: Media lapses invited government intervention

MEDIA COVERAGE of the Aug. 23 hostage taking at Manila’s Quirino Grandstand provoked attempts at state intervention within days of the event, making it one of the most significant... Read more

The one minute delay that may have cost a life

The camera started rolling at 5:20 am. ABS CBN cameraman Angel Valderama and his assistant Marlon Sayson took footage in Makati City of a shootout in the early morning... Read more

Sidebar | When is a columnist too partisan?

(Click here to see the main story) The Philippine Daily Inquirer confirmed on June 17 that Belinda Olivares-Cunanan, who had been with the paper when it was founded, would... Read more

Adjusting to a New Presidency

It’s simply par for the course By Mia M. Gonzalez A few weeks before former President Joseph Estrada took his oath as Chief Executive in 1998, Palace reporters at... Read more

PJR Reports July – August 2010

|| IN THIS ISSUE || Governance and Media in an Information Age by Melinda Quintos de Jesus with research by Ruby Shaira F. Panela Columnists, Partisans, and Conflicts of... Read more

Local Media Guidelines in Covering Crisis Situations

Listed below is a matrix of local media organizations’ guidelines for covering hostage situations. ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs included these guidelines in its 2006 Standards Ethics Manual. The... Read more

PNP fails to implement own guidelines during Aug. 23 hostage taking

by Rupert Francis Mangilit The Aug. 23 hostage taking showed severe lapses on how the Philippine police manage crisis situations, including its capacity to deal with the press, despite... Read more

Government and Media in an Information Age

By Melinda Quintos de Jesus – So far, President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III has been doing a great job communicating with the public and the media. He has... Read more