Espina-Varona wins international award for journalists
A Filipino won one of the most prestigious global awards for journalists for her resistance to “financial, political, economic or religious pressures or because of the values and rules that enable them to resist” in reporting on issues that are sensitive in the Philippines. Cited for her many reports on child prostitution, violence against women, […]
NutriAsia guards, Meycauayan police deliberately attack journalists
During the violent dispersal of striking NutriAsia workers and their supporters last Monday, July 30, company guards and Meycauayan police under the direct supervision of Superintendent Santos Mera attacked and arrested without provocation members of the media covering the incident. This video is a collection of actual footage by Kodao and Altermidya reporters who were […]
Police denies Kodao’s inquiry on arrested journos
Kodao Productions went to the police station in Meycauayan, Bulacan Monday afternoon to cover and verify the arrest of fellow Altermidya reporters. This is an audio recording of the exchange between Kodao executive director Jola Diones-Mamangun and police officers inside the police station. (Editing by Film Weekly) https://www.facebook.com/filmweekly.pmc/videos/1923803434583656/
On its 32nd anniversary: NUJP members attacked by Nutriasia guards July 30, 2018
(UPDATED) On its 32nd anniversary: NUJP members attacked by Nutriasia guards, arrested July 30, 2018 As the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines marked the 32nd anniversary of our founding, a number of our members, including the deputy secretary general of our Nueva Ecija chapter, were attacked, threatened and arrested as they covered the […]
Former UP dean launches workshop on ethical reporting
By April Burcer “One of the most common flaws of Philippine media is lack of context in reporting,” former dean of the College of Mass Communications in UP Diliman Luis Teodoro pointed out during his workshop on journalism ethics yesterday. Organized by the People’s Alternative Media Network (Altermidya), the workshop aimed to remind young media […]
POOLED EDITORIAL: Seven years of injustice for Ampatuan victims, reign of impunity must end
by the People’s Alternative Media Network THAT JUSTICE remains elusive seven years since the Ampatuan massacre proves how the culture of impunity persists today. We are alarmed that recent events including the Marcos burial and continuing extrajudicial killings not only of alleged drug personalities but also of activists and journalists feed such an environment under […]
STATEMENT: Journalists are not the enemy
President-elect Rodrigo Duterte errs in declaring that most journalists are being killed for being corrupt and in implying that only corrupt journalists have been killed in the Philippines. While corruption is a continuing problem in the press and media, it is simply not true that most of the journalists killed in the line of duty […]
Kodao’s Villanueva accepts Titus Brands Award
Kodao Productions’ Raymund Villanueva was awarded the Titus Brandsma Award 2015 for Emerging Leadership in Journalism in a ceremony last November 27. The award is given to an “outstanding young journalist who possesses an impressive and commendable track record in his or her professional performance and who has shown fidelity to the journalism code of […]
ALTERMIDYA EDITORIAL: Ampatuan Massacre, a grim symbol of reigning impunity under Aquino
23 November 2015 It is Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s last year in office but justice remains elusive for the victims of Ampatuan massacre. No perpetrator has been convicted, the victims still cry for justice. Aquino’s vow six years ago to immediately resolve the gruesome massacre has become a hollow promise: the culture of impunity and […]
ITANONG MO KAY PROF: Podcast on Charlie Hebdo massacre
SAGOT SA MGA TANONG NG KODAO UKOL SA CHARLIE HEBDO Prof. Jose Maria Sison January 9, 2015 Tanong 1: Ano ang inyong pagtingin sa pagkakapaslang sa mga staff/journalist/cartoonist ng Charlie Hebdo? JMS: Kinokondena ko ang pagpaslang sa mga editor, cartoonist at staff ng Charlie Hebdo. May karapatan silang mabuhay at magpahayag. May karapatan sila sa […]