Archive for December, 2011

THE YEAR 2011 comes to an end with 11 journalists and writers still languishing in a Burmese jail because of alleged political offenses against the Myanmar regime. An update released by the regional media group SEAPA, or the Southeast Asian Press...

December 24, 2011 · Posted in: General

‘Staying Alive’ docu
now online

THE PHILIPPINE CENTER for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is proud to announce that the last installment of its Media Killings Series, the safety training video for journalists titled "Staying Alive," is now online and available to the viewing...

MEDIA GROUPS all over the country have launched a relief drive for the benefit of media colleagues and their families who lost everything after typhoon Sendong thundered across Northern Mindanao last December 16. According to the National Union of...

December 23, 2011 · Posted in: General

Happy Holidays from PCIJ!

We've parked our PCs for a while... so we can recharge, regroup, refresh, and return with more, better stories in the New Year! To our friends, colleagues, and partners, our heartfelt thanks, best wishes, and warm salute to you...

December 21, 2011 · Posted in: General

Media murders continue
under PNoy admin

IN THE past year, at least six Philippine journalists have been murdered by gunmen. This much is clear: despite the avowed priority given by the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III to solving the murders of media and ridding the country...

The Philippine media, one of the freest and most rambunctious in all of Asia, is an incredible, hopefully not incorrigible, story of dissonant trends and practices. Press freedom has broad and firm guarantees in law and jurisprudence, but the...

December 9, 2011 · Posted in: General

Lest We Forget:
Martial Law and its victims

ON THE 63rd anniversary of the declaration of December 10 as International Human Rights Day, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism releases a 13-minute video in memory and in honor of those who fought for democracy and freedom during the dark...