world press freedom day Archives

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Supercharged’ Philippine journalists

By VERA Files | May 03, 2023 9:16 PM

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos recently said his government will “remain committed to ensuring transparency and good governance, freedom of expression and of the press, and the protection of media practitioners and their rights in the practice of their profession.” Speaking at the 50th anniversary of the Kapisanan ng Mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas on April 27, […]

journalists, world press freedom day

Fact Check Filipino

VERA FILES FACT SHEET: ‘Supercharged’ na mga mamamahayag na Filipino

By VERA Files | May 03, 2023 9:16 PM

Sa paggunita ngayong taon ng World Press Freedom Day, pinagsama-sama ng VERA Files Fact Check ang mga kaso na inihain laban sa mahigit 90 mamamahayag na Filipino mula 2007 hanggang 2022. Sa 45 na kaso, 32 ang isinampa ng mga dati at kasalukuyang opisyal ng gobyerno.

mamamahayag, world press freedom day

News PHL Vote 2022

World Press Freedom Day: Disinformation the new guns, goons, and gold

By AGATHA MATEO and VALERIE NUVAL | May 04, 2022 10:16 AM

Press freedom advocates lamented that the utilization of systematic and deliberate disinformation has not only threatened democracy, but it also “uses hard-earned liberties to kill democracy itself.”

cyberattack, disinformation, Elections 2022, world press freedom day

may-3-state-of-press-freedom-forum[21650].png

Press freedom ‘depends on the people’ – CMFR director

By Enrico Berdos | May 03, 2021 10:00 PM

Journalists in the country continue to face many threats today and freedom of the press will depend on how much support it gets from the people, according to Melinda Quintos-De Jesus, executive director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR).

world press freedom day

News

News consumers now value personal loyalty more than facts, veteran journalist laments

By Blanch Marie C. Ancla | May 03, 2021 9:10 PM

Veteran broadcast journalist Howie Severino lamented on Monday, May 3, that the role of journalists in society has become more challenging as most news consumers now regard the values of truth, facts and evidence in journalism as secondary only to loyalty to a person, ideology and institution.

Howie Severino, world press freedom day, WPF 2021

Unsolved media killings keep PH 3rd most dangerous place for journalists – CPJ

May 03, 2013 2:21 PM

By MARK PERE MADRONA

The unsolved and unpunished killings of media people in past years have kept the Philippines in third place among countries listed as the most dangerous in the world for journalists.

CPJ, impunity index, world press freedom day