Most guidelines of newspapers and broadcast stations include the reminder to wear one’s press ID “and other visible insignia.” That’s more useful in crisis situations such as protests, riots, and…
Most guidelines of newspapers and broadcast stations include the reminder to wear one’s press ID “and other visible insignia.”
That’s more useful in crisis situations such as protests, riots, and the like to tell clashing groups that one is a journalist and not a participant in the conflict.
Not all the time though.
During a standoff in Bogo, Cebu, still a municipality at the time, when supporters of the mayor prevented Commission on Elections officials and the police from taking ballot boxes containing election returns from the town hall, thugs pounced on Alex Badayos, Sun.Star Cebu chief photographer. Continue Reading