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GMA-7 reporter wins for Palengskwela

A report on alternative schools inside public markets won for GMA-7 senior reporter Claire Delfin the 2010 Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)-Australia Press Award. Delfin bested entries... Read more

Journalism Asia Forum 2010: Impunity and Press Freedom

IN THE hope that a collective response will rise from the public’s understanding of impunity and its impact on press freedom and democracy, CMFR organized the “Journalism Asia Forum... Read more

THE AMPATUAN MASSACRE: Mourning, Disappointment and Hope

A YEAR has passed since the mass murder of 52 men and women including 32 journalists and media workers, but the trial of those accused of the foul deed... Read more

Media labor issues in context

A industry-wide union for media workers is key to the labor problems that persist in the media. This is what Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Deputy Director... Read more

Ex-station manager files complaint against RMN management

The former Radio Mo Nationwide (RMN) station manager in Davao has filed a complaint before the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) against network executives for his allegedly illegal dismissal.... 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

Self regulation vs. government intervention: CMFR holds RTD on crisis coverage guidelines

The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) gathered news managers and reporters from several news organizations last Sept. 8 to discuss the media’s need to firmly adopt and... 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