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Are Newspapers Civic Institutions or Algorithms?
” Rather than convincing people to support a newspaper out of a sense of civic duty, a better plan would be to convince people to pay for newspapers because they are simply the best algorithms we have for optimizing our busy lives.”
A Literary Exploration of How Power Corrupts
“This story is ‘about how the worlds of journalism and fiction writing are not as unimaginably different as one might think.’”
Chit Estella: Life-changing teacher, editor, journalist, pal
“Her colleagues have fond memories of journalist Chit Estella—that she did not enjoy the lavish lunches hosted by government officials and preferred bringing her own food, and that she was insulted at the very idea of being offered a bribe.”
Hall of Fame writer Krip Yuson plagiarizes for Rogue Magazine PBA article
“So I settle down and read the rest of Rogue Magazine’s sports issue, and something struck me as weird about Alfred ‘Krip’ Yuson’s piece on the Philippine Basketball Association and the legacy of former commissioner Rudy Salud. The words on the page midway through the article sounded familiar; my sensors went on red alert when Yuson started quoting MYPBA forum denizens Jay P. Mercado and Percival Flores. I knew I’d read this article before.”
Not many things make Jessica Soho cry
“But when talk turned to press freedom and the sacrifices made by “guerrilla journalists” who built the Kapuso network’s News and Public Affairs team, Soho quickly reached for the tissue box.”
Watchdog names 40 'predators of the press'
“”They are powerful, dangerous, violent and above the law”, the Paris-based watchdog RSF said. “These predators of press freedom have the power to censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and, in the worst cases, murder journalists”.”
Cambodia to build memorial for killed journalists
“Cambodia announced plans Sunday to build a monument to dozens of foreign and local journalists killed covering the country’s 1970-75 war won by the communist Khmer Rouge regime.”
The end of the journalists’ monopoly
““You used to be able to charge monopoly rents. No more.” And it’s undeniably true: the internet has removed barriers to entry and so democratised the industry.”
