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…
Media Issues
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…
Did Cebu Media botch reporting on 'lumad' students in Cebu campus?
How live-streamed and print coverage reported the story At a glance: CMFR: ‘egregious error’ Social media: reporting took police line hook, line and all Reporters:…
Missing in initial media report: the back story on closed Lumad schools
At a glance: Live-streamed coverage gave no background on the conflict in Mindanao that led to the ‘Bakwit School’ in Cebu. Accusations against the program…
Where some news reporting failed, how it could’ve been done better: 7 takeaways on criticisms of media performance
It is a multi-faceted and continuing story, with many chances of disclosing, explaining, and correcting in other news cycles. The uproar must tell us that…
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.”…
Let’s not accept disinformation in media as normal
10 things journalists and audiences can do By Jason A. Baguia [From his talk “Rebuilding a Civilization of Truth” at the 2019 Cebu Press Freedo Week…
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,…