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Indie artists, nakiisa sa benefit concert para sa dating chair ng NUJP

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 13 11:40 PM

Isang online benefit concert ang isinagawa ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines o NUJP para sa dating chairperson nito na si Nonoy Espina. Read more »

House OKs bill declaring Aug. 30 as 'National Press Freedom Day'

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jun 02 06:23 PM

MANILA (UPDATED)- The House of Representatives on Wednesday unanimously approved on final reading House Bill 9182, declaring August 30 as National Press Freedom Day. Read more »

The Myanmar police came for me. My unsuspecting mother offered them traditional tea.

Han Kha-yar* - Reporting ASEAN
Updated as of May 29 11:05 PM

I am determined to carry on journalistic work – as long as I don't get arrested by the police or soldiers.  Read more »

Jailed HK tycoon Jimmy Lai sentenced to 14 months for Oct. 1 illegal assembly

Jessie Pang and James Pomfret, Reuters
Posted at May 28 01:16 PM

Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai was given a new prison sentence of 14 months on Friday over his role in an unauthorized assembly on Oct. 1, 2019, during one of the city's pro-democracy rallies that year. Read more »

Myanmar news site says American editor detained

Reuters
Posted at May 25 01:13 PM

Danny Fenster, 37, the managing editor of Frontier Myanmar, one of the country's top independent news sites, was detained at the main international gateway in Yangon while preparing to fly to Malaysia.  Read more »

Myanmar reporter sentenced to 3 years in jail

Kyodo News
Posted at May 13 08:01 PM

A court in junta-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a reporter of independent broadcaster Democratic Voice of Burma to three years in prison, according to his employer. Read more »

‘Digital native’ journalists urged to rise to challenges in pandemic reporting

Nica Rhiana Hanopol, VERA Files
Posted at May 08 11:49 PM

As the world faces a “perfect storm of crises” ? the COVID-19 pandemic, attacks on media credibility, and online disinformation ? it is even more important now for young journalists to verify information they share online and in telling stories.  Read more »

Trump administration obtained phone records of journalists: Washington Post

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 08 09:16 PM

The Trump administration secretly obtained the phone records of Washington Post journalists who reported on allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the newspaper reported Friday, prompting concerns over freedom of speech. Read more »

Mga mamamahayag ng ABS-CBN nagtipon para sa shutdown anniversary

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 08:44 PM

Nagsama-sama ang mga mamamahayag ng ABS-CBN para gunitain ang isang taon ng pagkawala sa ere ng network. Read more »

Bloomberg forum moves back to Singapore amid concerns over press treatment in China

Reuters
Posted at May 06 06:54 PM

BEIJING - The Bloomberg New Economy Forum will move to Singapore this year, in part because of the "very concerning" conditions journalists face in China, according to comments by Bloomberg founder Michael Bloomberg reported by the Financial Times. Read more »

Pinoy journos ibinahagi ang epekto ng ABS-CBN shutdown sa kanilang trabaho

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 08:32 PM

Malaking puwang ang iniwan sa pamamahayag sa Pilipinas ng pagkawala sa ere ng ABS-CBN eksaktong 1 taon na ang nakalilipas. Read more »

Why the shutdown of ABS-CBN is an assault on free expression

Former Vice President Jejomar Binay
Posted at May 05 06:44 PM

The damage inflicted on our democratic institutions by last year’s closure of ABS-CBN can never be repaired unless the network is allowed once again to operate. But we cannot expect legislators who served as the network’s executioners to perform such an act that would sanitize their conscience.  Read more »

ABS-CBN 'never silenced' even after year off air: NUJP

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 05 03:17 PM

ABS-CBN Corp. was "never silenced" even after a year it was forced to shutdown operations by government, a group of journalists said Wednesday.   Read more »

The long, dark silent night

Ging Reyes, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 11:31 PM

Ging Reyes became head of the news division in 2010 and is currently the longest-serving ABS-CBN news chief in the organization’s history. A year after the shutdown of the network's free TV and radio operations, she has not lost hope "for that joyous daybreak."  Read more »

Death in the Pamilya

Lynda Jumilla-Abalos, Executive Editor and Head of News Digital ABS-CBN
Posted at May 04 11:12 PM

For many of us in the company, death came to our ABS-CBN pamilya at 7:52 pm on May 5, 2020. Read more »

Southeast Asian journalists nagkaisa sa pagdiriwang ng World Press Freedom day

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 10:49 PM

MAYNILA - Nagkaisa ang ilang mamamahayag sa sa panawagang protektahan ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag sa selebrasyon ng World Press Freedom Day. Read more »

ABS-CBN Shutdowns: Then and Now

Boo Chanco
Updated as of May 06 04:19 PM

Boo Chanco, a former Vice President and News Director of ABS-CBN and Dean of the Journalism School of ABS-CBN University, talks about his experience going through two shutdowns of ABS-CBN: during martial law and in 2020.  Read more »

IN PHOTOS: Cinco de Mayo

Fernando G. Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 05 10:21 AM

On the night the NTC ordered ABS-CBN’s broadcoast operations to close, the company still did what it does best — deliver the news.  Read more »

Sa Isang Iglap

Mnemosynne Dalawis, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 06 03:38 PM

Mnemo, as she is called by colleagues, was one of the employees who embodied for viewers the extreme emotion within the network as it went off the air on May 5, 2020.    Read more »

Hong Kong leader flags 'fake news' laws as worries over media freedom grow

Sharon Tam, Reuters
Posted at May 04 07:19 PM

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Tuesday the government was working on "fake news" legislation to tackle "misinformation, hatred and lies," as worries grow over media freedoms in the global financial hub. Read more »