ATTACK ON CEBU MEDIA WORKERS
List of journalists and others working with Cebu news media who were victims of physical violence, threats, and other forms of harassment. TRACKER by Cebu…
Cebu Press Freedom Week
How we keep track of Cebu journalists and other media workers who were victims of violence or harassment
Motive is crucial to determining whether the violence or intimidation is work-related and aimed to impair the function of the press. Whatever the reason for…
SURVIVING THE ATTACK
What the journalist can do Cebu City-based broadcaster George Benaojan was usually seen in the company of people riding shotgun on his car. At a media…
VIABILITY OF COMMUNITY MEDIA
Is there a way out? by Ramon R. Tuazon UNESCO Myanmar Office Secretary General, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre FOR decades, UNESCO has been…
CCPC statement on the Maguindanao Massacre court ruling
The 2009 Maguindanao massacre was known not only as “an unprecedented case of election-related violence.” It was also billed as “an exceptionally brutal attack on the press.”…
Fake News: View of a non-journalist
By Rev. Fr. Ramon D. Echica [Based on his talk at the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) media forum during Cebu Press Freedom Week 2019,…
Expanded Sotto Law to benefit more media practitioners
The amendment to the Sotto Law, also known as Press Freedom Law, expanding the protection to journalists, has finally been approved. The law now covers…
Media Self-regulation through Media Literacy: Insights from the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC)
Abstract How does the press regulate itself? Through document research, key informant interviews, and participant observation, the researcher studied how the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC)…
THE 2019 DILI DIALOGUE FORUM
CCPC attendance at Timor Leste meeting enables it to share, and compare, its experience on press councils with other media groups in the region By…
Cebu Press Freedom Week timeline
The celebration of Cebu Press Freedom Week aims to remind the public and the press that the freedom they enjoy must be protected from all…