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  • Double jeers

    Double jeers to BusinessMirror for: 1) missing a cue from its most controversial columnist and thereby failing to report the biggest story of the day  (April 29),  and 2), ... Read more

  • Gossipy and trivial

    The media reports on the love life of President Benigno Aquino III are once again confirming the persistence of one of the worst habits of the Philippine press—its penchant... Read more

  • Some attempts

    Cheers to the media for some serious attempts to explain the Reproductive Health Bill or House Bill 4244 (full text of RH bill here – http://www.newsbreak.ph/2011/05/20/full-text-of-hb-4244-the-reproductive-health-bill/) . The Harapan... Read more

  • PJR Reports March – April 2011

    || IN THIS ISSUE || Merci in Media What Fourth Estate? by Hector Bryant L. Macale with research from Venus Clarisse C. Tenorio and Ro Adrian Daniel E. Taningco... Read more

  • The RH Bill as Women’s IssueIn-depth Reporting Needed

    THE MEDIA have been covering the reproductive health (RH) bill, but have not subjected the issue, which has been the topic of much debate, to the kind of in-depth... Read more

  • Covering the diplomatic beat, covering the world

    By Veronica Uy WHEN I was given this assignment, the Department of Foreign Affairs was in a tizzy it had not known before. Three Filipinos on death row in... Read more

  • Agusan Del Sur Hostage-taking: Lessons from the Past

    By Karlin E. Galao, Mari Joie A. Ladia, and Norman Lee Benjamin Riego Unlike the coverage of the Ducat and Mendoza hostaging incidents, the media coverage of the Agusan... Read more

  • Shoot first, ask questions later

    Jeers to The Philippine Star for shooting first and asking questions later. Last April 11, the Star claimed that President Benigno Aquino III had fired his aunt, Margarita “Tingting”... Read more

  • When sources resent media

    by Marlon Alexander Luistro When disasters such as tsunamis, typhoons and earthquakes strike, people usually turn to the media for news and information. But who else will the people... Read more

  • PJR Reports asks: comments, rants, suggestions?

    CMFR’s flagship publication, the PJR Reports (formerly the Philippine Journalism Review) is the result of a continuing monitoring activity of how the press covers and reports events and issues.... Read more



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