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Out of context

By Luis V. Teodoro EVERY REPORTER is—or should be—familiar with the who, what, where, when, why and how of news writing. What happened, to whom, where it happened, how, why... Read more

Out of context

EVERY REPORTER is—or should be—familiar with the who, what, where, when, why and how of news writing. What happened, to whom, where it happened, how, why and when are... Read more

Depoliticizing the Filipino

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE suggests mass disaffection with Philippine politics in the wake of the scandals that regularly appear in the Philippine media. Read more

Depoliticizing the Filipino

By Luis V. Teodoro ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE suggests mass disaffection with Philippine politics in the wake of the scandals that regularly appear in the Philippine media. Read more

Minimizing the killings

NO ONE — certainly not the journalism community and the public it serves — benefits from the attempts to make it seem as if the killing of journalists in... Read more

Rethinking the ‘Trial by Publicity’ rule

IN ONE more demonstration of the Philippine military’s incapacity for anything resembling objective judgment, which results in its chronic inability to distinguish between victims and victimizers, the retired generals... Read more

The FOI watch

He didn't mention it in his fifth State of the Nation Address, but President Benigno Aquino III has included the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill in his list of... Read more

Notes on the dominant press (Updated)

AN ETHICAL as well as professional duty, truth-telling and accuracy are fundamental to media and press practice. But in the dominant (wrongly referred to as the "mainstream") press, it... Read more

Notes on the alternative press

By Luis V. Teodoro A NATIONAL conference on the alternative press is likely to be held in October at the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication in Diliman,... Read more

Rethinking ‘mug shot’ publication

By Luis V. Teodoro THE PUBLICATION of the “mug shot” of any individual is ethically questionable, but has been routine media practice in the Philippines. In some countries, for... Read more