GMA-7 and ABS-CBN once again dominated the television category, but TV5 won two awards in the 33rd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA) last October 19.

A nonprofit organization has announced the start of a competition on “the Mediterranean Diet” for journalists writing on healthy eating habits.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Virtual School is inviting interested journalists to apply for an online course on anti-corruption and transparency issues.

What happened to motorist and University of the Philippines law student Christopher Lao was an issue of social media excess more than of journalism ethics.

GMA News reported the different situations in Metro Manila and nearby provinces following days of heavy rains and flooding last Aug. 2. But, a segment of reporter Jun Veneracion’s story caught the attention of a viewer and uploaded it on YouTube.

What happened to Christopher Lao is an issue of social media excess more than it is of journalism ethics.

TweetFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information on the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS), please contact the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) at any of the following numbers: 894-1314/894-1326. The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) held the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS) which discussed the coverage of the first year [...]

Tweet The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility in cooperation with the Open Society Foundation Media Program and the Ateneo De Manila University invites you to the Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar. The Marshal McLuhan Fellow and Sandra Burton Nieman Fellow will be presented. It will be on Thursday, June 23, 2011 at the SGV [...]

TweetPhilippine-based journalists interested in business reporting may avail of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Asia Fellowship at  New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Other Asian-based journalists are also welcome to apply. Full-time journalists working for at least one year in an English-language print or electronic publication may apply for the fellowships, which focus [...]

TweetA report on alternative schools inside public markets won for GMA-7 senior reporter Claire Delfin the 2010 Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization (SEAMEO)-Australia Press Award. Delfin bested entries from Southeast Asia for her story Palengskwela: Bringing the School to the Market. The report discussed the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System program, which, at [...]

TweetThe Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF), sponsors of the Sandra Burton Nieman Fellowship, announces the start of the application process to select the first fellow of the program in 2011. The Nieman Program has agreed that the Manila-based Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) will be in charge of the selection process. CMFR [...]