PCIJ conducts a 4-day journalism seminar in Metro Manila – enhancing a sustainable, quality Investigative journalism in the country

Cotabato City -  The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) hosted  a 4-day journalism seminar at Novotel, Araneta  City Hotel, Quezon City just few months ago (Nov.26-28,2019)

The said  seminar  tackled different issues on working journalists with  their respective problems encountered while doing their jobs.

Covering Human Rights Issues wherein some of our journalists encountered death threats and some critiques while they  were covering issues on Extra-Judicial Killings, War-on-Drugs and among others. 

During the seminar Shamera Gutoc also  said about covering on Mindanao Area of Conflict like Marawi is not an easy reporting to report because it put journalists into a risk.

 “It is very hard to get reports while war-conflict is ongoing because you do not know to do, where going  to  save your life or how to get an accurate, quality reporting”, said Gutoc.

PCIJ also invited different speakers in  order to enhance and to  equipped journalists on how to fights and protect themselves while they covering.

Maria Lourdes C. Mangahas an Executive Director also said, that PCIJ is protecting journalists around the country in order to give a good and quality reports because journalists is the eye, watchdog of the people in particular, she said.

 

From Left to Right: Carolyn O.  Arquillas of Mindanews, Speaker Shanira gutoc (NGO) and Danilo Arao

Muckracking for Public Good, Investigative Reporting in the Philippines  to enhance and protect the journalist in the country.

Some issues also were:  Covering Local Government Units ,Investigating the Wealth of President and Public Officials, Reporting on Environment, Covering the Judiciary, Reporting on War on Drugs and more issues including the rights of Journalists and their Sustainability.

PCIJ  has a big hearts to journalists in the country because they were protect and give more ideas on how to pursue your jobs in the right way, chances to connect/ investigate the  subjects of your stories and know your rights being a working journalist, said  Floreen  M.Simon a Training Director. (By: Becky D. de Asis-The Redline News blogs and The Southern Traveler)