A forum tackling the most pressing issues in Philippine journalism was held today, November 25, at the Teatro Amianan of the University of the Philippines Baguio (UPB). Organized by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in partnership with UPB and the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), the forum titled 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, was in commemoration of the 16th anniversary of the Ampatuan Massacre.
Jonathan de Santos, chairperson of the NUJP delivered a talk which dug into several issues hounding journalists today. These include unstable compensation, susceptibility to libel cases from people in power, the tendency to fall into unethical practices, the very slow pace of justice for incarcerated journalists, and the harrassment that journalists often receive from the public.
Four media practitioners served as reactors/panelists during the forum.
1. Io Jularbal, dean of the Department of Communication in UPB
2. Rolly Fernandez, former Inquirer Northern Luzon Bureau Chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer and retired journalism professor at UPB
3. Dionisio Dennis, President of the Baguio Correspondents and Broadcasters Club
4. Josiah Jeshua Bruno of the College Editors Guild of the Philippines and member of the staff of 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲, the official student publication of Saint Louis University
