Cebu Citizens-Press Council

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections
Sixth Monitoring Period
(April 25-May 10, 2010)
Written on June 15, 2010 – 6:31 am | by media |

The final stretch of the 2010 campaign period saw the number of election-related reports in Cebu’s English-language dailies shoot up to 849 reports (April 25-May 10) from 588 in the fifth monitoring period (April 11-24). The percentage of election-related reports vis-à-vis the news hole also jumped to 52% from 40% during the fifth monitoring period. [Read more →]

Ways to improve coverage of future elections suggested
By Cherry Ann T. Lim
Sun.Star Cebu, June 30, 2010

THE media and representatives from various sectors of society gave suggestions on how the Cebu media could improve its coverage of future elections. [Read more →]

ELECTION MONITORING STUDY SHOWS
Print media objective in covering elections
By Cherry Ann T. Lim
Sun.Star Cebu, June 30, 2010

THE three English daily newspapers in Cebu were generally objective and fair in covering the 2010 elections, a study revealed yesterday. [Read more →]

CEBU’S BISAYA-LANGUAGE DAILIES

The proportion of election-related reports to the news hole of the two Bisaya language dailies monitored, Banat and SuperBalita,  jumped from 29 percent during the fourth monitoring period to 48 percent in the fifth monitoring period of April 11-24, 2010.  Banat allotted more space (50 percent of its total news hole) compared to SuperBalita’s 46 percent. [Read more →]

Cebu Print Media Coverage of the 2010 Elections
Fifth Monitoring Period
(April 11-24, 2010)
Written on May 1, 2010 – 2:32 am | by media |

CEBU’S ENGLISH-LANGUAGE DAILIES

As elections neared, the number of election-related reports significantly increased from 353 in the fourth monitoring period (March 28-April 10) to 588 in the fifth monitoring period (April 11-24). Proportionally, the percentage of election-related reports vis-à-vis the news hole also increased from 30% in the fourth monitoring period to 40% in the fifth monitoring period. [Read more →]