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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

Editor charged with libel for publishing ad

CMFR/Philippines – A newspaper editor in Cagayan de Oro City has been charged with criminal libel for publishing allegedly libelous advertisements in 2012. He posted bail on 25 February... Read more

Among the fundamental responsibilities of journalists is that of minimizing harm. As an ethical principle it applies to the entire range of issues and subjects journalists are called upon... Read more

Dipolog radio station and blocktimer’s house fired at; broadcaster recalls other threats

CMFR/Philippines – A blocktimer in Dipolog City who was arrested even before he was charged with libel on May 3, World Press Freedom Day, reported gunshots fired at his... Read more

Covering conflict journalists for peace

The media were at it again, drumbeating war. Biased, sensational and contextually inaccurate reporting of the bloody encounter in Al-Barka, Basilan between Philippine Army troops and Moro rebels last Oct.... Read more

Media at workBeating the war drums in Mindanao

ON Nov. 2, 2011, The Manila Times, the country’s oldest newspaper, came out with a banner story that outscooped everybody else. “Mindanao War Inevitable,” the headline screamed in big black... Read more

Philippine Army holds journalists at Mindanao checkpoint

CMFR/PHILIPPINES—Members of the Philippine Army stationed at Bagan village in Guindolongan town, Maguindanao province, Mindanao, held 52 journalists at a checkpoint for over an hour last 30 June 2009... Read more

Reporting Mindanao: ‘A series of unfortunate events’

By Jose Torres Jr. A series of unfortunate events”— from “bad beginnings” in the past to what could be the “penultimate peril” lately —can best describe the situation in... Read more

Mindanao in the news: Some minuses and a few pluses

By Melanie Y. Pinlac and Edsel Van DT. Dura Mindanao is in the news again, more than a year after the beheading of 10 Marine soldiers in Tipo-tipo, Basilan... Read more

Another journalist shot dead in Mindanao

The associate publisher of Lightning Courier, a news weekly in Mindanao, was shot dead by a lone gunman just outside his house in Sultan Kudarat, Shariff Kabunsuan, on the... Read more