Cebu Citizens Press Council

“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.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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