Reclaiming public trust in the news media

Jun 25, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion

Rodrigo Duterte has single-handedly discredited the media in the six years he was in office. Immensely popular as a leader, many Filipinos believed him when he labelled some legacy media outlets as biased and journalists as paid hacks. In 2016, before his...

Defending democracy

May 25, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion

There was a time when people bought and read newspapers. Their lives revolved around news and opinions found in newspapers, whether these were broadsheets or racy tabloids with huge pinup posters of undressed women. They usually consulted newspapers about what...

The best time to become a journalist

May 18, 2022 | In the trenches, Opinion

Legacy media face a difficult battle ahead under a Marcos administration.Congress has not proclaimed Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos as the official winner of the May 2022 presidential elections but his spokesman, Vic Rodriguez, has given journalists a taste of what to...

Ep. 89 | Anong mali sa mga kaso na sinampa ni Cusi sa mga Journalist

Dec 12, 2021 | Podcast

Kamakailan lang ay nagsampa ng magkakasunod at hiwahiwalay na kaso si Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi laban sa pitong mga news agency na nag-ulat ng mga kasong kinaharap niya at ni negosyanteng Dennis Uy ukol sa ‘di umano’ng ma-anumalyang Malampaya gas field...

Paglipana ang mga INTERNET TROLLS at FAKE NEWS sa panahon ng ELEKSYON | NUJP Chairman Jonathan de Santos

Nov 7, 2021 | Editorial

Hindi pa opisyal na nagsisimula ang campaign period sa Pilipinas pero painit na nang painit ang diskurso lalo na sa social media. Paano nga ba natin malalaman kung ano ang totoo at ano ang peke sa mga nakikita at nababasa natin sa mga social media platform tulad ng...