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Reporting under the gun
FEARING FOR HER LIFE. Journalist Mei Magsino-Lubis is on the run, fleeing threats from the most powerful man in her province. MELINDA ‘MEI’ Magsino-Lubis yearns for many things: her flower and herb...
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Who is Armando Sanchez?
CONTROVERSIAL GOVERNOR. Armando Sanchez has been linked to jueteng by his political opponents and by the Batangas clergy. BATANGAS GOVERNOR Armando Sanchez says journalist Mei Magsino-Lubis is “lying...
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Eugenia Apostol
Photos by Lilen Uy AFTER TWO people power revolutions where her publications played a role in removing disgraced presidents, Eugenia ‘Eggie’ Apostol retains an optimism that can only come from one who...
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Perils of the press
DILI, EAST TIMOR — What has been described as East Timor’s leading independent daily operates out of four small rooms and has a budget that threatens to disappear altogether every day. TIMOR Post,...
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A million came for Ninoy as reporters battled censors
THE DAY HE DIED. With apparent rush, soldiers of the Aviation Security Command (Avsecom) load the body of opposition leader Benigno ‘Ninoy’ Aquino Jr. onto a van at the tarmac of the Manila...
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Where journalism is a living hell
IT IS Southeast Asia’s largest country in terms of land area, yet there is reason why Burma is unfamiliar to many people, even within the region. For one, it has been isolated for the last few decades...
View ArticlePCIJ, Vera Files win top honors in JVO awards
INVESTIGATIVE reports on governance and corruption won major prizes in the 20th Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Excellence in Journalism (JVOAEJ) held today at the Asian Institute of Management in Makati....
View ArticleA fate worse than death: Jailed for serial libel suits
MA. THERESA Briones thinks it’s bad enough that her father had to spend five years in jail – including two years with hardened criminals – because something he wrote offended someone. But now five...
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‘Failure of elections, failure of coverage?’
AT 20, Joana will be casting her vote for the first time this Monday. But her excitement has been heightened by the fact that she will also be covering the elections. Joana has been a journalist for...
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Poor pay, scant logistics, safety risks vex reporters
WHEN media groups started going about the grim task of compiling a list of journalists killed in the November 23, 2009 massacre in Maguindanao, there was a brief moment when the numbers wouldn’t add...
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