By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The absence of context in news reports and even commentaries is a common failing of most of the major news media, in contrast to its frequent and common emphasis by alternative media organizations. The latter are the contemporary successors of La Solidaridad and Kalayaan during the reform…
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Entertainment, trivia to dominate media with entry of foreign investments
“They [foreign investors] would invest here not to develop Philippine media or to enlighten Filipinos but to gain profits.” – Dean Luis Teodoro
NUJP-Baguio Benguet Condemns PSG Maltreatment of Local Reporter
BAGUIO CITY — The Baguio-Benguet chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) strongly condemns the Presidential Security Guard (PSG) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) maltreatment of a local reporter who was covering Pres. Noynoy Aquino’s ribbon-cutting at the Jollibee-Harrison in this city, Friday, November 26. A PSG wearing a white…
Aquino government should ensure secure environment for journalists
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the call of President Benigno Aquino III for media to police its own ranks, help clarify issues, raise the level of public discourse and apply fairness and truthfulness in reporting. The NUJP and the overwhelming majority of media organizations and journalists in the country have…
Under Siege and Fighting Back: An Assessment of the State of the Philippine Media
By University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) led by Dean Roland B. Tolentino Posted by Bulatlat Philippine media have been under siege since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to power. The hostile environment her watch has created, unprecedented since the Marcos period, has undermined the constitutionally protected freedom of expression in general and…
Gov’t, Media ‘Fall Short of Responsibility’ in HR Issues – Rights Advocates
In the midst of rampant human rights violations in the country allegedly perpetrated by the state’s armed forces and intelligence agencies, human rights groups and advocates lament that the government is not making any move towards resolving them. The media, they say, is likewise falling short of its responsibility of bringing the issue close to…
Journalists Pay Tribute to Slain Colleagues
Members of the media paid tribute to their slain colleagues, December 10, at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani. BY BULATLAT Members of the media paid tribute to their slain colleagues, December 10, at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani. The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said 98 journalists have been killed since 1986,…
Media and Human Rights Education: Now More than Ever
It is not a crime in journalism for reporters to be human rights advocates –rather we see it as giving clarity to our mission – and it provides us a badge of courage and commitment. BY ALAN DAVIS Director, Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project COMMENTARY Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 31, September 7-13, 2008…
CHR Resolution on Manila Pen Standoff Wanting – NUJP
BY Bulatlat.com September 1, 2008 – 3:16 p.m. While the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomed the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) resolution on the Manila Peninsula standoff, the group also found the said resolution wanting. In its resolution, the CHR found violations in the “arrest, detention and processing” of journalists who…
SOMAtion: State of the Media Add[REP]RESS[ION]
As the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) celebrated its 22nd anniversary, media practitioners presented today’s state of the Philippine media. BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO Bulatlat Volume VIII, Number 26, August 3-9, 2008 If Mrs. Arroyo’s State of the Nation Address was full of applauses from her cohorts in Congress, the State of…
The Negros Press: Keen on Unionism, but Constrained (First of a two parts)
Media workers in Negros see the gains they could reap from organizing their ranks. However, they are weighed down by a number of constraints. BY KARL G. OMBION AND RYAN LACHICA Bulatlat BACOLOD CITY – Forming a union here is like flying to the moon – arduous but just the same possible. Broadcasters and journalists…