Viability, diversity, stability and safety are essential ingredients of any healthy information eco-system. How many media persons worldwide can say yes to all four? How far are individual professionals, news organizations, and the industry as a whole from achieving these? And at this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil, and future uncertainty, is it crazy to be aiming for … [Read more...] about Viable, diverse, stable and safe – is this really too much for media to ask?
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Newsline.ph holds technical writing and mobile journalism training
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY --- In order to deliver a quality, accurate and timely story, the NewsLine Philippines conducted a three-day Technical Writing and Mobile Journalism training to its news correspondents on March 26 to 28, 2021 at Ultra Winds Mountain Resort, located at Baungon town in the province of Bukidnon. The training was participated by Newsline's new set of … [Read more...] about Newsline.ph holds technical writing and mobile journalism training
PRRD calls on gov’t media to empower public
DAVAO CITY – President Rodrigo Duterte has called on the government's communication entities to help keep the people empowered through unbiased, truthful, and credible reportage. President Duterte made the call in a video message during the opening of the Mindanao Media Hub (MMH) on Thursday here. Duterte said the state-of-the-art media facility's launch was another … [Read more...] about PRRD calls on gov’t media to empower public
Journalists must be prioritized in vaccination: Go
DAVAO CITY – Media practitioners should be considered part of the priority groups for the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccination, Senator Christopher Lawrence Go said Thursday. In an interview on the sidelines of the distribution of assistance to fisherfolk in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS), Go underscored media's role in informing the public about … [Read more...] about Journalists must be prioritized in vaccination: Go
Maguindanao Massacre: PTFOMS says it is resolved but NUJP says otherwise
COTABATO CITY – The brutal killing of 32 journalists in the bloody Maguindanao Massacre is considered closed before the eyes o the Presidential Task Forces on Media Security (PTFoMS) but not before the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). Undersecretary Joel Egco, executive secretary of PTFoMS said the case was considered closed last year by the … [Read more...] about Maguindanao Massacre: PTFOMS says it is resolved but NUJP says otherwise