WATCH: Drone shots of that record-breaking 780,000 “Kakampinks” who attended the miting de avance of the Robredo-Pangilinan, a massive show of force on the last day of the 2022 campaign period.
#PHVote
#WeDecide
🎥: VP Leni Media Bureau | via
@maracepeda
“ It would be easier to keep quiet, but silence is what has allowed the revision of history and denial of people’s testimonies.” Wanna Ver, daughter of a Marcos general, on confronting the Philippines’ painful past — including her father’s role.
#PHVote
I remember being here in late 2016, after Duterte was elected. The mood was dark, grim, fearful. But last night, I saw hope, joy, exuberance, a sense that history was being made, and that citizens have the power.
Mourning with you,
@chiarazambrano
and other friends
@ABSCBNNews
, where the entire current affairs department has been shuttered. "Kami ang sinampolan, sino sa inyo ang susunod?" via
@pepalerts
Got my absentee ballot in the mail.
#PHVote
2022 is one of the most consequential elections in my lifetime. I am voting for democracy.
#Philippines
#Elections2022
My former student,
@selina_cheng
, was fired by
@WSJ
for leading the embattled
@HKJA
in defense of press freedom in Hong Kong. She was told
@WSJ
staff should not be advocating for
#pressfreedom
in places like Hong Kong but can do so in the West. 1/2
A court ruling against the journalist Maria Ressa illustrates the erosion of norms, the corruption of institutions, and the compromises of decision makers in the Philippines. This is how democracy dies,
@SheilaCoronel
writes:
Proving you don’t need martial law to shut down the country’s biggest TV station, just a craven Congress acting in the service of the President. Sad day for the Philippines.
#DefendPressFeedom
#HoldTheLine
The Marcos myth-making began almost 100 years ago, when the Philippines was still a U.S. colony, with the sensational trial of an 18-year old law student, a champion marksman accused of killing his father's rival. 1/7
Some clues in the ICC document as to who may be charged: Two national police chiefs; heads of anti-illegal drugs group; provincial, regional & city police directors; maybe also DILG, PDEA, etc. See pages 37-41 of ICC resolution.
BREAKING NEWS. The International Criminal Court Office of the Prosecutor has applied for authorization to open an investigation into the alleged crimes against humanity committed in President Rodrigo Duterte's violent campaign against drugs.
WATCH: Rappler CEO and Nobel laureate
@mariaressa
holds several interviews following the awarding of the
#NobelPeacePrize
on Friday, December 10.
Live updates:
.
@columbiajourn
, a memorial for journalists killed in the Israel-Gaza war. They account for three-quarters of the 99 journalists & media workers killed worldwide in 2023, says
@pressfreedom
.
429 people have signed a petition organized by Princeton alumni who feel strongly about what Maria Ressa ’86’s case represents for free speech and democracy. Today this statement with the first 424 signatures ran in The Washington Post.
The petition:
Congratulations to The Caravan, winner of the Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism. Nieman Fellows at
@Harvard
chose
@thecaravanindia
for its “uncompromising coverage of the erosion of human rights, social justice and democracy in India."
Rare conviction of masterminds in journalists murders in the Philippines. Life terms without parole for principals. But many more masterminds in other journalist murders still on the loose.
#MaguindanaoMassacreVerdict
MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE CASE VERDICT: GUILTY
Quezon City court finds accused Andal “Unsay” Ampatuan Jr., Zaldy “Puti” Ampatuan, Anwar Ampatuan Sr., and others guilty of 57 counts of murder in the 2009
#MaguidanaoMassacre
case. They are sentenced to reclusion perpetua.
Philippine police killed three men in a Manila slum and called it self-defense. But chilling surveillance footage obtained by Reuters suggests the men may have been executed. via
@clarebaldwin
and
@Journotopia
(WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT)
Tonight
@Columbia
is lit in blue to celebrate the investiture of its first female president since its founding in 1754. It took more than 250 years to get us here.
My thoughts on President Marcos 2.0: He is agreeable, even anodyne. He parries anger over his family’s crimes with an easy smile and empty appeals for unity, dismissing critics as dividers. But he is his father’s son.
Shout out to all the journalists out there keeping the world informed. “The only people who seem to be working more than before are journalists and doctors.” via
@cjr
#NOW
Selina Cheng
@selina_cheng
was fired this morning by
@WSJ
, weeks after she refused to withdraw from her newly-elected chairmanship and renewed ex-com membership of
@HKJA_Official
despite demands from the Journal’s senior editors and her supervisor in the UK.
You can't be a member of Congress if you don't understand the rights of citizens &
#DefendPressFreedom
. Please read the Bill of RIghts, Mr. Senator
#TanginaMoBongGo
Selina was reporting on energy & the auto industry.
@WSJ
editors said her advocacy created a conflict as
@WSJ
is reporting on
#pressfreedom
in HK & China. Yet
@WSJ
has been campaigning for
@evangershkovich
in Russia & has asked for support from the global press community.
So true! “Reporting on the campus encampments by large parts of the media fits a general pattern of protest coverage that focuses more on the drama of the disruption rather than the underlying reasons behind it.”
After six-and-a-half years as academic dean
@columbiajourn
, I am happy to be turning over the reins to a great journalist and teacher,
@winnieokelley
! This is a challenging time for journalism & journalism education. So good to have Winnie in charge.
The J-School is pleased to announce that
@WinnieOKelley
, a veteran journalist and editor who serves as an Executive Editor of Bloomberg News, will become its next Dean of Academic Affairs.
Read more:
Catholic bishops in the
#Philippines
draw parallels to
#HongKong
, warn against erosion of freedoms & worry the country is like “a frog in boiling water.”
Was moved at a memorial marking the 1st anniversary of the killing of Filipino journalist Percy Lapid. Fighting impunity in a case that involves powerful individuals is hard. But we've done it before. We defend press freedom & democracy brick by brick, case by case.
Scenes at Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium this morning, where thousands of stranded Filipinos are crammed while waiting to be transported back to their provinces:
@reuterspictures
Thanks,
@ColumbiaSpec
&
@NYMag
, for a riveting oral history of protests
@Columbia
, told from the point of view of students. "As the encampment impasse played out, it became clearer than ever that people were living in two different Columbias."
'If
@mariaressa
is convicted and locked up for doing her work, the message to other journalists and independent voices is clear: Keep quiet, or you’ll be next," writes her counsel, Amal Clooney, in
@washingtonpost
Today
@KenyonCollege
, I talked about "hungry beasts who feed on the frustrations with democracy...To Autocrats Inc. and Kleptocrats International, journalists are irrelevant. We are mere mosquitos in the swamp of lies. We deserve swatting, that’s all."
Today
@columbianjourn
unveiled a bust of Ida B Wells, honoring her legacy of courage, truthtelling and integrity. She was a pioneering investigative and data journalist. An inspiration for this and all time.
On this day in 1931, Journalist, educator and civil rights leader, Ida B. Wells passed away, age 68.
She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), she dedicated her life to combating prejudice and violence.
Congratulations to Bhrikuti Rai
#cjsStabile
@columbiajourn
, winner of
@fjawards
for environmental journalism for her reporting on environmental crimes in Nepal!
This is my conversation with ghosts -- my father, my grandfather, and Apo Marcos, the hungry ghost. I dive into history and memory, and the sins of our fathers. Via
@rapplerdotcom
It can happen here. It has happened here. And not just today. "Force takes the place of ideology, as the fascist strong man performs for his followers their sense of rightful dominance and rage."
My thoughts on
#EDSA37
: Wherever we may be, we will remember this: 1986 was both end and beginning, a time of astonishment and possibility. We had a sense that history was being made and we had a hand in its making. From the intro to Revolution Revisited
Join CPJ and 60
#pressfreedom
organizations in our call to
#HoldTheLine
in support of journalists Maria Ressa and Reynaldo Santos and independent media in the
#Philippines
.
Sign and share the petition in support:
Each accommodation to power by a news org “adds to an environment where press freedoms shrink for all. The value of collective action that press advocacy groups represent doesn’t work when few are willing to band together”
@GinaSKChua
@semafor
And also President Duterte, of course. ICC also makes link between Davao Death Squad & drug war killings. Duterte cited for "encouraging, supporting and, in certain instances, urging the public to kill suspected
drug users and dealers."
The Marcoses are the Zombie Apocalypse, the dead coming back to life.They haven't gotten over 1986, when Filipinos drove them out. We made history then. Their worst fear is that WE will make history again & that this time WE will write it. This time, we we will RIGHT it. 6/6
Teaching
@ColumbiaSIPA
class w/
@anyaSIPA
journalism in the movies. Our first class is on Good Night, & Good Luck AND The Front Page, two very different portrayals of journalists -- as heroes and as heels. Both are true & many more truths lie within & outside that range. 1/2
NEW: About 100 prosecutors across Ohio found to have violated standards meant to preserve a defendant’s civil rights in criminal trials. 13 of these did so more than once.
(Published in partnership with
@columbiajourn
Investigations,
@npr
,
@wvxu
, & The Ohio Newsroom)
"At a time when press freedom is under threat around the world, the international news media should be firm in their support of journalists & journalist organizations that advocate for a free press and the public’s right to know."
@columbiajourn
on alumna
@selina_cheng
&
@WSJ
@columbiajourn
@winnieokelley
I will remain as director of the Stabile Center and will have more time to focus on teaching and working on accountability projects with my students.
Is investigative journalism in survival mode? Can we still hold power to account when democracy itself is under siege and large sections of the public no longer believe in journalists? Is more journalism the answer to lies? Insightful and eloquent answers in this panel.