Who pays for the microphone?
Five radio commentators (picked by CJJ for their broadcast experience, audience reach, and popularity) know who pays for the microphone. When a radio opinion maker…
On the trail of a missing marker
To remember the sacrifice of Antonio Abad Tormis in the name of press freedom, a marker was installed at the site of his 1961 murder….
Watching media cover the elections
A year-long effort to enrich election coverage In the highly politicized Philippines, elections are major events. In the May 2010 elections, candidates, promises, foibles and…
The Elliptical man
This article originally appeared in a UP College of Communication magazine devoted to the awardee and circulated during the awards ceremony. In the beginning was…
NEWSROOM TALES: Veteran broadcaster
Those were the days when broadcast stations had no reporters and relied on the newspapers for their local news. One morning, S.D. Tecson, handling the…
Beginnings of Cebu media professionalism
By Godofredo M. Roperos IN AUGUST 1947, kzRC was revived under the management of the Cebu Broadcasting Company, becoming the first postwar commercial station outside…
The Early Cebu Press
By Resil B. Mojares Excerpted from “Cebuano Literature,” San Carlos Publications, 1975 It is in the pages of local tabloids and magazines that the great…
Antonio Abad Tormis
(1916-1961) A frame that hangs in the Tormis house in Cebu City summarizes Antonio Abad Tormis’ life as a journalist who died for his cause:…
