Cebu Citizens Press Council

RESOLUTION ADOPTING INITIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
TO NEWS ORGANIZATIONS ON WAYS TO IMPROVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2010 ELECTIONS

CONSIDERING THAT

The Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) has been holding consultations since the second quarter of 2009 with the stakeholders in the elections, during two CCPC en banc meetings and one session between journalists and the said stakeholders; [Read more →]

Election training of journalists pushed
CCPC issues initial recommendations to improve media poll coverage
By Karlon N. Rama
Sun.Star Cebu, December 4, 2009

THE Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) last Wednesday passed a resolution asking news outfits to secure training for their journalists who will be sent to cover the May elections. [Read more →]

Cherry Ann T. Lim, assistant executive director of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council, wrote this piece for the October 2009 issue of the Press Forum.

CCPC gains headway to help journalists
By Cherry Ann T. Lim

AFTER members of the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) spoke at the consultation of citizens-press councils in Manila last Oct. 26, 2008, journalists from other parts of the country expressed fears that forming a similar body in their own localities would mean just shooting themselves in the foot.
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Politicians question media spin
Editors welcome news sources’ comments, request proof to back complaints vs. journalists

By Karlon N. Rama
Sun.Star Cebu, September 26, 2009

A CONGRESSWOMAN and an election hopeful urged the media in a forum Thursday to correct how spin doctors are affecting coverage and how journalists themselves slant the news in favor of “the other side.” [Read more →]

Young Clergy of Cebu holds dialogue with journalists on improving coverage practices

By Justin K. Vestil / with Cherry Ann T. Lim
Sun.Star Cebu, July 10, 2009

YOUNG Cebu priests have asked members of the Cebu media to work with them to improve the relationship between the Church and the media. [Read more →]