CCPC starts consultations on media coverage of polls
CEBU Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) is listening to election stakeholders and media practitioners on how press coverage of the 2010 elections can be improved. Continue reading “Consultations on poll coverage begin”
“TABANG!” a handy manual on news safety, is now being distributed by Cebu Citizens-Press Council to journalists of five daily newspapers, 14 news-and-public affairs radio and TV stations, and journalism schools. Continue reading “Safety guide for Cebu journalists”
Pachico A. Seares, executive director of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council, wrote this piece for the May-June 2009 issue of the Philippine Journalism Review Reports.
A community journalist looks at media corruption
By Pachico A. Seares
Are community journalists easier prey to corruption than Manila-based counterparts because those working for community papers and broadcast stations are poorly paid? Continue reading “Corruption in the community media”
House passes 2 bills aimed to help the press
THE House of Representatives forwarded to the Senate five bills the House has just approved, including two that involve and concern the press. Continue reading “House passes 2 bills to help the press”
CCPC drafting manual to promote media safety
Council also resists bills seeking to legislate right of reply
TO HELP promote awareness of safety among practicing journalists, the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) has started collating standards and guidelines which will be the core of a handbook. Continue reading “CCPC drafting manual on media safety”
Media, news sources swap gripes
CCPC listing tells what each sector thinks of the other’s performance in managing information
THE media and the new sources they cover traded complaints against each other during the 13th quarterly meeting of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) held last Dec. 4, 2008 at the MBF Cebu Press Center. Continue reading “Media, news sources swap gripes”
THE Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) was cited in the November 2008 issue of the Philippine Journalism Review (PJR) Reports as being “alive and well.” Continue reading “Verdict on CCPC: ‘alive and well’”
AFTER the right to reply bill in the Senate was passed, the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) has decided to place its focus on the House bill, which is still to undergo deliberations. Continue reading “Right to reply bill amendments sought”
Pachico A. Seares, editor-in-chief of Sun.Star Cebu and Sun.Star SuperBalita [Cebu], delivered this lecture on July 4, 2008, after receiving the UP Gawad Plaridel for his commitment to community journalism, at UP Diliman in Quezon City. Seares is the first UP Gawad Plaridel Awardee from outside Metro Manila.
THE FUTURE OF COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS
What’s happening in the countryside
By Pachico A. Seares
In 2001, PCIJ or Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism asked me to write for its book “Investigating Local Governments” an article on “The Future of Community Newspapers.” Continue reading “The future of community newspapers”
Ombud still keeps assets report under wraps
By Karlon N. Rama
Sun.Star Cebu, July 3, 2008
DESPITE the commitments made before the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) two weeks ago, media still cannot obtain copies of the financial statements of public officials at the anti-graft office. Continue reading “Ombudsman still won’t release SALNs”
