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Helpful backgrounders

Cheers to the Philippine Daily Inquirer for regularly publishing background sidebars with some of their stories, particularly those that might have been long forgotten by the public. One example... Read more

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

On the PAL Labor issue

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 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

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

Matrix: Guidelines in Reporting Hostage-Taking and Other Crisis Situations

In light of the August 23 hostage taking in Manila, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) held a roundtable discussion last Sept. 9 on the media coverage... 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

Covering conflict in Mindanao: Terror and the Press

Covering conflict in Mindanao Terror and the Press By Crysta Imperial Rara MINDANAO SEEMS to be the focus of many foreign-funded development projects nowadays. Whether it’s micro-financing, governance, the... Read more