AI in Journalism: How AI can augment journos’ jobs

Niña Mae C. Oliverio 11/15/2024

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The realm of digital technology is expanding. In a bid to introduce innovations that can assist humans in their activities, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a crucial development. The International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)…

UN expert urges PH to dismantle controversial NTF-Elcac

Jane Baustista, Nestor Corrales 02/03/2024

The UN special rapporteur (UNSR) on freedom of expression urges the Philippine government to eliminate an anticommunist task force, known as National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac), which is accused of jeopardizing the…

Conrado de Quiros, longtime PDI columnist, passes away

11/07/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Conrado de Quiros, a longtime Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist, has died, his brother, public relations practitioner Paul de Quiros, announced in a Facebook post late on Monday, November 6, 2023. “With profound sadness, we…

How AI ‘revolution’ is shaking up journalism

Agence France Presse 03/19/2023

PARIS — Journalists had fun last year asking the shiny new AI chatbot ChatGPT to write their columns, most concluding that the bot was not good enough to take their jobs. Yet. But many commentators believe journalism…

Journalists as endangered species

Ma. Ceres P. Doyo - @inquirerdotnet 10/07/2022

A most profound question one writer asked a revolutionary fighter, who survived the battle of his life, was not how bloody difficult it was or how he won the battle. It was: “Were you afraid?” Were you…

Race against forgetting the fight for freedom

Pooled Editorial 09/19/2022

FIFTY years is a long time, long enough for memories to fade. But what happened on September 21, 1972, will stand out despite the years because the dictatorship that followed was not mere chismis (gossip). On that…

UN rights chief notes intimidation of PH journalists, wants defamation decriminalized

Christia Marie Ramos - INQUIRER.net 07/01/2020

MANILA, Philippines — UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said countries should consider decriminalizing defamation, as several member-states of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) flagged the alleged “increasing criticism and intimidation” of journalists in…

Cebu City firefighters tell public to stay away from responding personnel to avoid spread of COVID-19

Alven Marie A. Timtim 05/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — In this time of the coronavirus pandemic, even responding to fire alarms will now have to be covered by certain protocols. The Cebu City Fire Department made this known on Tuesday, May 5,…

Families of victims eagerly wait for verdict in Ampatuan massacre

Froilan Gallardo 12/18/2019

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – After waiting in anguish for ten years, Cathy Nunez and some of the families of the 32 journalist killed in the Ampatuan massacre in 2009 will be in Manila to hear the…

41 journalists ask SC to lift Duterte’s coverage ban vs Rappler

Inquirer 04/30/2019

MANILA, Philippines — Forty-one journalists from different news organizations on Tuesday filed a petition for intervention asking the Supreme Court (SC) to lift President Rodrigo Duterte’s coverage ban against online news site Rappler. The petition was lodged…

Journalists become increasing ‘targets’ for killings – watchdog

AFP, Inquirer.net 12/19/2018

WASHINGTON – Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said…

Ressa, Khashoggi, other journalists named Time Person of the Year

Associated Press 12/12/2018

NEW YORK — Time Magazine named four journalists and a newspaper on Tuesday as its 2018 Person of the Year for standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence. The group, which Time…

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