The Fight for Press Freedom Is Local

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

Baguio journalists revive local NUJP chapter

BAGUIO CITY — Journalists here gathered in an online assembly on July 20, 2021 to revitalize the Baguio chapter of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines after a hiatus of five years. In a message, NUJP National Chairperson Jonathan de Santos extended...
NUJP reconvenes Cebu chapter

NUJP reconvenes Cebu chapter

BACOLOD CITY — The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines has reconvened its Cebu chapter to address and thwart attacks on the local press. Members of the national directorate led the chapter’s general assembly on July 7 that saw the attendance of 10...