October 14, 2016 | In: Access to Information, Civil Society, Cross Border, Drugs & Crime, Duterte, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Journalist Killings, Rodrigo R. Duterte, United Nations
THE PROSECUTOR of the international Criminal Court on Thursday served notice to the government of the Philippines that anyone inducing or engaging in "acts of mass violence... including by ordering, requesting, encouraging or contributing, in any...
July 21, 2016 | In: Access to Information, Cross Border, Culture, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, General, Governance, In the News, Journalist Killings, Media, Money Politics, The Internet
"IT IS a worldwide trend. From Turkey and Russia to China and India, new media empires are emerging, usually with governmental blessing. Their owners comply with capitalist laws of supply and demand and the need for technological development. But, at...
June 21, 2016 | In: Access to Information, Asia IJ Conference, Civil Society, Congress Watch, Cross Border, Data Journalism, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, The Internet
By Sheila Coronel*
From Global Investigative Journalism Network
Editor's Note: We are pleased to present this transcript of the keynote speech by Columbia University's Sheila Coronel at the 2016 conference of Investigative Reporters and Editors on...
December 8, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Civil Society, Cross Border, Data Journalism, Freedom of Information, Governance, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Media, Money Politics, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Internet, United Nations, Women, Youth and Education
“The new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, our plan to end poverty and ensure lives of dignity for all, recognizes the need to fight corruption in all its aspects and calls for significant reductions in illicit financial flows as well as for the...
July 30, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Civil Society, Cross Border, Culture, Disaster Aid, Health Issues, Human Rights, Public Health, The Economy, The Internet, Women, Youth and Education
THE WORLD’S POPULATION is projected to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, 9.7 billion by 2050, and exceed 11 billion in 2100, according to a new United Nations report.
The report, 2015 Revision of World Population Prospects, the 24th round of official UN...
July 18, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Cross Border, Data Journalism, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Governance, Human Rights, Investigative Reports, Journalist Killings, Media, Noynoy Watch, Peace and Conflict, The Internet
COURTING THE IRE of presidents and prime ministers might be par for the course for journalists when they ask sharp, testy questions. Sometimes, too, instead of responding to the questions, the former sometimes fire back at the latter with verbal assault....
June 23, 2015 | In: 2016 Elections, Access to Information, Cross Border, Culture, Free Expression - Asia, Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Journalist Killings, Maguindanao Massacre, Media, The Internet
JOURNALISTS fleeing from stories and conflict?
It seems almost unthinkable. The common view is, where the action is, the journalists would, or should, be there.
But as the world marked World Refugee Day last week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)...
