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PHOTO
ESSAY
Journalists
'Shooting' Journalists
Protests
always show images of anger. But they can also include snapshots of
despair when the problems recur and even exacerbate as the days and years
progress.
Photos
by
Aubrey SC Makilan
Text and captions by Danilo
Araña Arao and Alexander
Martin Remollino
Bulatlat
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You
don’t usually see them holding placards: these are indeed
newsworthy times |
They
can force the police
to really negotiate |
Their
rage is hotter than
the news |
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That
55 journalists have been killed since 1986 – six of them
this year – only shows the dangers of media practice in a
society that supposedly guarantees press freedom and in the
wake of government’s still unfulfilled promise to bring
all perpetrators to justice.
The
protest last Aug. 16 was a good day for journalists to
“shoot” each other, as they found themselves the subject
of a burning issue that must be made known to the public.
As
they spoke about their plight to the Philippine National
Police (PNP) and they listened to the anguish of their slain
colleague’s relatives, they found not just a story to
write, but more importantly each other.
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He can’t have
enough of the arm bands: he had to put one on his head as
well |
“Dying” in for
dead colleagues |
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| “Shooting” each
other |
Rowena Endrinal
sheds tears
for slain father Ruel |
Who’s next? |
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Note:
Photos' real sizes are larger
Journalists Close Ranks; Demand Probe of Media Killings
By Aubrey SC Makilan and Ronalyn V. Olea
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