Law on Mass Media Shield Law 2019 signed yesterday, effective 15 days after pub

Law on Mass Media Shield Law 2019 signed yesterday, effective 15 days after publication

(this will be taken up in class instead of RA 1477. As stated before: class members who are not prepared will not get any points)

 

Photos and images by Palace beat reporter Joseph Morong on Twitter 

 

Law on Mass Media 4th Exercise. Extra Bonus. Both due Sept 25

Law on Mass Media and Communication 4th Exercise. Bonus. Due Sept. 25, 2019 at 5pm

        In order to show the importance of the right of access to information on matters of public concern, illustrate the use of information gathered from any of the following:

      1)“official records, … documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions” or records and documents imbued with public interest; or
       2)big data from government agencies or “government research data used as basis for policy development”
… in a 2019 news report or a feature story or  investigative report or explanatory article or interpretive article/ opinion piece (any medium/media), then post such news report/ feature story/ investigative report/ explanatory article or interpretive article/ opinion piece with an explanation specifying what records are involved, and why the information is of public concern (using the definition in the cases) (explanation with a minimum of 50 words — without an explanation, the entry will not merit any points).

     Extra BONUS (not required) : A description (minimum 50 words) of the event or activity you participated in last Thursday 1pm onwards, and what you learned from said activity; with a selfie/ groupfie (if groupfie, please specify where you are in the photo, e.g., third from left, etc).

      The deadline for both is September 25, 2019 at 5pm.

(NOTE: All presenters on “Rights and Privileges of Media Practitioners” should be ready this week. Class members who are not prepared will get zero. )

    Happy commemorative weekend!