Still photos in the age of the video
Can photojournalism stay relevant? In the darkened highway illuminated by the headlights of cars, a bystander was quietly documenting on his smartphone two young men…
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Of readership and citizenship: A library’s tale
When I heard about the Cebu Citizens-Press Council’s (CCPC) call for book donations for its Cebu Journalism and Journalists (CJJ) Book project, I thought how…
Cebu Citizens-Press Council: Reaching out
We do a lot of consulting. Before CCPC speaks out. Consultation is the core of CCPC’s work: as forum for media issues, platform for grievance,…
Frontliners: what sometimes happen behind the scene
On the scene reporters descend, piecing together narratives for their audiences like clockwork. Except there is nothing regular at all about the job of reporting…
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…
New bosses in the newsroom
No day off, reporting in three languages—these new leaders of the newsroom meet challenges head on while keeping the troops happy and in line. Still…
Jess Vestil: ‘Renaissance man’
Journalist, publicist, advertising executive—Jess Perez Vestil was all that. Plus teacher, actor and poet besides. Vestil’s love for his mother language and country gave birth…
What may kill a media forum
The 888 Forum may be the only media forum of its genre that has survived in Cebu. Notable forums in the past included: — “Meet…
CEBU DECLARATION
A Call to Action for the Protection of Journalists in the Philippines Marcelo B. Fernan Cebu Press Center, Cebu City, Philippines 23 November 2010 Preamble:…
Killing Journalists: When law and order and justice system fail
But media shares burden of reducing risk to safety of its practitioners Since Nov. 23, 2009, the Ampatuan Massacre trial has moved oh so slowly,…
