Cebu journalists exposed to China media, culture in group visits
It is new only because the invitation comes from China through “private organizations.” For decades a similar grant, but for trips to the United States,…
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…
‘TRANS’ JOURNOS
Their work has shifted from newsroom to public information office; from reporter to publicist; from being watchdog of public officials to protector of the officials’…
Ernesto D. Lariosa (1944-2019)
The multi-awarded fiction writer played key role in using Cebuano-Bisaya to produce Cebu’s first native-language daily. He went into journalism but never left his first…
STATEMENT
Cebu Citizens-Press Council Saturday, July 27, 2019 Senator Sotto’s bill doesn’t define ‘false content’ and grants arbitrary power of virtual censorship to government bureaucrats. The…
How metro mayors and the governor deal with media
Most elected public officials affirm the often-avowed policy of staying “open and transparent” to the public through media. But, as new leaders in their respective local…
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…
In his 50s, FCE (1927-2019) showed peers what grit looked like
For many years, alone with his editor while already in his 50s, and with one junior reporter when he was pushing 70, Fred C. Espinoza…
CCPC cautions public in assessing “media plot”
“A matrix presented by public officials could lead to something more than a verbal attack from those criticized. In the campaign on illegal drugs, many…
