Media asked to improve coverage during disasters

For a country in the tropics surrounded by a belt of the world's most active volcanoes and regularly visited by typhoons, the need for stories that deal with disasters - how to avoid them and manage the risks - becomes more compelling. Unfortunately, in a country so prone to disasters and yet so lacking in mechanisms to prevent its adverse effects, there is a dearth of such stories.

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Newsbreak, AusAID launch journalism internship program for Mindanao students

Public Trust Media Group, publisher of Newsbreak, and the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), are inviting interested students to apply for limited slots in the Journalism Internship Program for…

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Reporters Without Borders Criticizes Lack of Public Commitment to Press Freedom

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans fronti?res - www.rsf.org 13 February 2008 Annual Press Freedom Report 2008 REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CRITICISES LACK OF PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM AND FEARS ANTI-MEDIA VIOLENCE…

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