Posts Tagged ‘conflict and peace reporting

THE Supreme Court voted 8-7 today to declare as unconstitutional the scuttled memorandum of agreement on ancestral domain (MOA-AD) between the Arroyo government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). The MOA-AD, the third agreement to have come...

WHETHER working amid the backdrop of conflict or peace, journalists in Mindanao are having it the worst -- getting killed, attacked, abducted, charged with libel and, in at least one instance, even declared as persona non grata. The latest to be killed...

COVERAGE of the conflict in Mindanao seldom tackles its economic and social costs beyond the deaths and injuries among combatants and civilians caught in the crossfire, damage to property and infrastructure, and to some extent, deaths and illnesses...

THE reputation for accuracy and freedom from bias of journalists rests on the credibility of their sources. This is even more so when they are covering conflicts as well as peace efforts, as is the case in Mindanao. For the sixth session of the...

September 30, 2008 · Posted in: Media, Podcasts

Mindanao: Not just about conflict

"WE are supposed to enlighten, to simplify things. But if we are as confused as all the rest, why pass on our confusion and ignorance to the rest of the world?" Carol Arguillas, editor of MindaNews, and founder and president of the Mindanao News and...

HOW do journalists spot for bias when covering conflicts? How do they maintain objectivity and avoid being fed propaganda by the protagonists in an ongoing war? For the fourth session of the PCIJ-Newsbreak seminar on "Reporting on Conflict and Peace:...

LAWYER Zainudin Malang, founder and executive director of the Bangsamoro Center for Law and Policy, presented a civil-society view of how the media covered the events and issues that emanated from the bungled signing of the memorandum of agreement on...