Freedom for Media Freedom for All, a coalition of press freedom advocates, calls on aspirants to elective positions to help the public make informed decisions when they vote on May 9, 2021 by appearing at forums and debates organized by the media. As partners in...
NUJP welcomes and supports proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, the largest organization of Filipino journalists, welcomes and supports the proposed Human Rights Defenders Protection Act. The consolidated bills in the Lower House strengthens the commitment and obligations of...
Comments on Media Workers’ Welfare bills before the Senate labor committee
Legislation to ensure just compensation and working conditions for journalists and media workers is as timely now as it ever has been for the profession and while the media prides itself on being a self-regulating profession, this has also made it vulnerable to unfair...
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.
[Statement] 33 years later, solidarity for press freedom and for media workers still needed
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines held its first congress 33 years ago today as a guild for journalists working in a fragile democracy. It was a product of years of organizing that started during the Martial Law years, when union work as well as...
State of media 2021: Coming together under crisis conditions
Amid the grim situation, Filipino journalists and media workers have not been taking the attacks sitting down.
Nonoy Espina, 59
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines celebrates the life of Jose Jaime "Nonoy" Espina, a tireless champion for the freedom of the press and the welfare of media workers. He was a press freedom hero worthy of admiration and emulation. From the Marcos...
[STATEMENT] Emerging stronger: New NUJP leaders call on fellow journalists to unite, resist attacks
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) has weathered a storm alongside colleagues in the profession but we still face rough seas ahead, if not rougher. The systematic red-tagging of the NUJP, media outlets, and journalists has intensified...
[SIGN-ON STATEMENT] An assault on the foundations of democracy
This is what the Duterte government, through its National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict, has mounted by red-tagging not only the alternative media but even critical segments of the dominant media. The baseless accusations against alternative media...