PHOTO: Kath Cortez, NUJP Media safety officer, talks about the cases recorded by NUJP Safety Office. MANILA — In observance of the first National Press Freedom Day in the Philippines last August 30, the NUJP held an online public forum titled, “Asserting Press...
NUJP mourns death of community journalist, press freedom advocate Richard Gappi
(Photo courtesy of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines) The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) pays tribute to its longtime member and press freedom advocate Richard Gappi who passed away July 16 due to acute respiratory failure. Gappi...
NUJP North America formed
NUJP North America first online general assembly. MANILA — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) North America chapter was established July 1 during an online assembly. Attended by 12 journalists from Canada and the United States, the...
Masked Media campaign bags awards
Masked Media Campaign won 2 Golds, a Silver and a Bronze at APAC Tambuli Awards, a pioneer global award show that recognizes effective brands with purpose. MANILA — It’s another win for press freedom as advertising company Ace Saatchi & Saatchi took home several...
IFJ forms Asia Pacific fed, NUJP chair elected to executive committee
Newly elected Federation of Asia-Pacific Journalists (FAPaJ) executive committee (Photo by Jonathan De Santos) MANILA — Asia Pacific delegates of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) formed a new regional group during the organization’s 31st World...
CPJ calls on President-elect Marcos to protect press freedom in the Philippines
May 23, 2022 Ferdinand Marcos Jr. President-elect Republic of the Philippines Malacañang Palace San Miguel, Manila Philippines Via email: op@president.gov.ph Dear President-elect Marcos: As you prepare to assume the presidency of the Philippines, the Committee to...
The Fight for Press Freedom Is Local
May 20, 2022 | JOS MIDAS BARTMAN National leaders who attack independent media attract most of the attention. But powerful authoritarian subnational elites, and a local political milieu that all but guarantees them impunity, pose the deadliest threat to journalists....
Baguio journalists revive local NUJP chapter
After five years on hiatus, journalists gathered in an online assembly in July 2021 to revitalize the Baguio chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.
Lawfare as a weapon of intimidation against the Philippine media
MANILA — In the first few weeks of the hard lockdown due to COVID-19 in 2020, local community media outfit Radyo Natin Guimba reported on the long queue of farmers waiting for aid outside the municipal office of Guimba, Nueva Ecija. Some of the residents seen in the...