by mediatimes | Jan 31, 2024 | 2023 in Media
Media attention wanes as pandemic ends By Jeraldine Pascual Newsrooms have not identified the impact of the pandemic on the gathering and reporting of news. Now that press briefings are done face-to-face, journalists have gone back to follow the official lead, not...
by mediatimes | Jan 31, 2024 | 2023 in Media
PH Human Rights Situation 2023: More of the same By Penz Baterna Killings, unwarranted arrests, enforced disappearances, and threats to and the ‘ trolling of critics have all persisted in the two years of the Marcos administration. And despite his words,...
by mediatimes | Jan 29, 2024 | 2023 in Media
Bloody comeback: Violence intensified in barangay, youth polls 2023 By Glenn Ferrariz Barangay elections, despite being the smallest unit of government in the country, should be closely monitored as the violence has intensified through the years. And given the...
by mediatimes | Jan 28, 2024 | Media Times 2023
Team Unity on the verge of break up? By Jeraldine Pascual The apparent political rifts within the UniTeam signal more political turmoil as political actors move toward midterm elections in 2025. The hold of Marcos on his executive power is secured by Martin...
by mediatimes | Jan 28, 2024 | Media Times 2023
PUBLISHER’S NOTE 2023: Looking back at darkness THE KILLING of Jerhode “Jemboy” Baltazar on August 2, 2023 should not be so easily forgotten. He was seventeen when he died. His death should not be regarded as a just another case study of crime in our cities. It...
by mediatimes | Jan 24, 2024 | Media Times 2023
FIRST PERSON When the loss is ours That some members of a graduating batch would go for a non-media career is expected. But one year into being a reporter, it’s more apparent to me that there is real loss when some of the best journalists I knew in college — even...