press freedom

opPRESSed

What began as routine coverage for Dominick Guzman, a De La Salle University – Dasmariñas (DLSU-D) student, and two independent journalists from Kilusang Setyembre Bente Uno (KS21), quickly unfolded into a tense encounter on November 30 during Baha sa Luneta…

When curation becomes censorship

Institution channels for information should empower the community—not filter it to protect reputations. Yet at DLSU-D, the line between “curating” and censoring has grown increasingly hard to see.  Much of this directly challenges the Publication, but beyond that, it is…

Pressed But Not Free

Filipino journalists fight a war on two fronts, and they cannot win it alone. They stand as inheritors of courage earned in blood—of reporters who chose exile over silence when Ferdinand Marcos padlocked every newspaper on September 21, 1972. That…

Unim(press)ed

To amplify voices, to provide information, to advocate, to disturb, to open closed eyes—even with heads facing the other way. I shouldn’t complain about this, but here I am, acting like it wasn’t my choice to sign up for this.…

Pressed Freedom

The Campus Journalism Act (CJA) of 1991 was crafted to uphold press freedom. However, its many loopholes, such as financial starvation, editorial interference, and even disbandment, have enabled administrators to control student publications. Amid increasing reports of suppression across universities,…

The Cost of Storytelling

Originally published in HF Volume 36 Issue 1 Holding the line has been the mantra of many news organizations in the past couple of years with the crackdown on dissent ceaselessly haunting journalists. For Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Rappler…