 | | A Brief History of Campus Journalism in the Philippines | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | According to Jesus Valenzuela in the History of Journalism in the Philippine Islands (1933) and John Lent in the Philippine Mass Communication (1964), the history of campus journalism in the Philippines started when the University of Santo Tomas published El Liliputiense in 1890. | | Comments(2) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: Contemporary Period (10 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | After the 1986 EDSA Revolution, the press, which plays a potent role in the promotion of truth, justice, and democracy, and of peace, progress, and prosperity, was liberated from dictatorship. During this period, crony newspapers were closed and the National Press Club and the Philippine Press Institute were revived to professionalize mass media in the country. | | Comments(2) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: 1986 EDSA Revolution (9 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | Three years before the 1986 EDSA Revolution, Mr & Ms, an inexpensive weekly magazine, sensationalized the assassination of Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., paramount political rival of Marcos, at the Manila International Airport on August 21, 1983. Aquino’s assassination ignited a fire of protests particularly in Ugarte Field in Makati and in Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila where the upper and the middle classes marched with the poor, the workers, the unemployed, and the professionals. | | Comments(2) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: Martial Law Days (8 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | On September 21, 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos signed Proclamation No. 1081 and “placed the entire country under martial law.” With the guise of rebellion and insurrection against the government, Marcos manipulated events and situations to justify the declaration of martial law. | | Comments(1) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: Period of Nationalism and First Quarter Storm (7 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | During this period, journalism moved the country toward nationalism and independence. It is the period when the country experienced economic turmoil and had a hard time in paying its increasing foreign debts. The Philippine peso flunked against the US dollar and America meddled in the state of economy of the country. As a result, the people felt hardships in life and the press reported the continuing destruction of bureaucracy that shaped the neocolonial outline of our history. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: Post Liberation Period (6 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | When Manila was freed on February 3, 1945, the press was also liberated, not only from censorship, but also from the notion that newspapers must be a million peso corporations. Vicente Albano Pacis remembered that approximately 250 newspapers and periodicals were published right after the Japanese occupation. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: American Colonial Period (4 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | Although Gen Emilio Aguinaldo and his revolutionary government proclaimed Philippine Independence in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898 and established the First Philippine Republic in Malolos, Bulacan on January 23, 1899, President William McKinley and Admiral George Dewey planned to take over the Philippines and forced the surrender of Spanish forces inside Intramuros. With the Treaty of Paris on December 10, 1898 and the Treaty with Spain on November 7, 1900, the United States of America acquired the sovereignty over the Philippines. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 1 |
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 | | A History of Journalism in the Philippines: Revolutionary Period (3 of 11) | | by Alixander Haban Escote, Aug 28, 2008 | | The supreme quest for freedom and independence started in Barcelona, Spain when La Solidaridad, a fortnightly edited by Graciano Lopez-Jaena, financed by Dr Pablo Rianzares, and supported by the Comité de Propaganda, was published on February 15, 1889. With the policy to champion democracy and liberalism, to expose the real plight of the country, and to work peacefully for economic and social reforms, the newspaper published not only news, but also articles and essays about the Philippines and its people. | | Comments(0) Liked It: 0 |
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