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Danilo Arao is a journalist and teacher who spends more time writing than teaching. He was Bulatlat’s first webmaster. Married for two decades, he met his spouse via Friendster. He is the most active on many social media platforms, and TV interview savvy.
Danilo Arao is a journalist and teacher who spends more time writing than teaching. He was Bulatlat’s first webmaster. Married for two decades, he met his spouse via Friendster. He is the most active on many social media platforms, and TV interview savvy.
Libro bilang droga
Libro bilang droga
Sa gitna ng pandemya, inaasahan ang ligtas na pagbabalik ng mga estudyante sa kanilang eskuwelahan. Bukod sa silid-aralan, makakapasok na rin sila sa silid-aklatan. Paano mapapaunlad ang kanilang kaisipan kung ang mga libro doon ay pinapakialaman ng gobyerno? Bakit kailangang ipagbawal ang mga diumanong subersibo?
COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing relevance of print media
COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing relevance of print media
In the context of community print publications, they should be strengthened not just by the people’s support but by ensuring that press freedom will be promoted and upheld by the government.
Empirical bases for ending the semester and mass promoting UP Diliman students (and ousting you-know-who)
Empirical bases for ending the semester and mass promoting UP Diliman students (and ousting you-know-who)
Remote learning cannot continue in the wake of the global pandemic and the strong typhoons, not to mention the incompetence and indifference of the Duterte administration.
Media literacy should include fighting and demanding
Media literacy should include fighting and demanding
The future of public communication rests on giving relevant media literacy. Audiences should be taught the valuable lesson of asserting and fighting for a media that we all deserve. This means fighting attempts by government to control the media, as well as demanding responsible gatekeeping by the owners of social media platforms.
Airing entertainment shows amid a super typhoon a disservice to the audience
Airing entertainment shows amid a super typhoon a disservice to the audience
The media should resist all commercialist trappings and not favor profit over truth-telling. Journalists and news media organizations need to brush up on the normative standards of journalism, if only to realize that bias is inherent and should not be hidden.
Proposal to regulate Netflix should be reason for MTRCB’s abolition
Proposal to regulate Netflix should be reason for MTRCB’s abolition
There should be no attempt to regulate video-streaming services like Netflix because the Internet already has several layers of filtering that can be done by clients/subscribers and service providers. Just like in other forms of media, online media or digital media should be self-regulated. Any attempt by government to regulate media content would be a violation of the constitutional provision that prohibits abridging the people's basic freedoms.
Journalism and activism then and now
Journalism and activism then and now
A journalist should be fair but he or she cannot be neutral. In the context of its role as the Fourth Estate, journalism is inherently critical and adversarial. A neutral observer cannot ask critical or hard questions, so in a sense the framing becomes "soft" if a...
Journalism: The myth of neutrality and the need for impartiality
Journalism: The myth of neutrality and the need for impartiality
Even if this sounds nebulous, journalistic outputs are inherently biased for the truth. Journalists are therefore expected to use as sources of information the experts (i.e., truth-tellers) instead of “fake news” peddlers.
6 questions on Rappler, cyberlibel and press freedom
6 questions on Rappler, cyberlibel and press freedom
The issue here goes beyond Rappler as other dominant and alternative news media organizations are also under attack. Ressa only becomes a convenient target because of her high profile. That's what she has in common with ABS-CBN which is a leading network. The chilling effect becomes clear by targeting both of them.
Technology, repression and the ‘new normal’ in media coverage
Technology, repression and the ‘new normal’ in media coverage
Moving forward, it is imperative for journalists and media workers to ensure that media repression and creative forms of censorship do not happen. Virtual pressers where questions are screened cannot be the “new normal.” By DANILO ARAÑA ARAO Bulatlat.com N.B. – A...
4 questions on ABS-CBN and the state of press freedom
4 questions on ABS-CBN and the state of press freedom
A journalist based in Hong Kong who writes for a leading international magazine sent these questions on press freedom under the Duterte administration. Please allow me to share the short answers.
5 questions on e-learning and fighting the pandemic
5 questions on e-learning and fighting the pandemic
Based on empirical data, e-learning is not for everyone given the unequal economic status of students. Internet access is not for everybody. Even if mobile telephony is ubiquitous, the low purchasing power of families makes it expensive to maintain good data connection in the students' mobile phones.
3 questions on campus journalism amid the COVID-19 pandemic
3 questions on campus journalism amid the COVID-19 pandemic
It comes as no surprise that the current lockdown has become a de facto crackdown for some of those who dare speak up against the government.
Framing poverty
Framing poverty
Letter to the Editor April 4, 2020 Much as we thank our friends in the media for highlighting the reality of uncertainty, some suggestions should be made in reporting the plight of the urban poor amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Feel-good stories that highlight...
11 questions on press freedom under Duterte
11 questions on press freedom under Duterte
Ending impunity entails collective action and the resolve to change the oppressive social system that engenders culture of impunity. We're definitely not there yet but there are efforts to do so. There is no clear timeline as to when this can be achieved as it depends largely on the victory of the people's movement, not just the journalists and news media organizations acting as a small sector.
Para sa BOR ng UP
Para sa BOR ng UP
Bagama’t pareho silang binigyan ng oras para magbigay ng presentasyon, isa lang po sa kanila ang may malinaw na haraya (vision) at may malalim na pag-intindi sa pangangailangan ng mga estudyante, guro, kawani, residente, alumni at iba pang sektor ng kampus.
Sampung taon
Sampung taon
Sa isang sitwasyong patuloy na pinapaslang ang mga peryodista at manggagawa sa midya at kinokompromiso ang kalayaan sa pamamahayag, ano pa ba ang puwedeng gawin ng mga ordinaryong taong katulad natin para mabago ang kasalukuang kalakaran? Malinaw na kailangan ang mahigpit na pakikipagkaisa sa iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan.
Retorika ng “bandalismo”
Retorika ng “bandalismo”
Pero sa panahon ng panlipunang krisis na basta-basta na lang kinikitil ang buhay, at basta-basta na lang ibinebenta ng mismong Pangulo ang soberanya ng bansa, ano pa ang puwedeng gawin ng Panday Sining? Inaasahan ba itong tumalima sa burukrasya sa sitwasyong ang mismong burukrasya ang problema?
Maikling mensahe sa DDS
Maikling mensahe sa DDS
Isa ka ba sa mga tinaguriang Duterte Diehard Supporter (DDS)? May dalawang tanong lang po ako sa puntong ito: Taga-Mindanao ka ba? Apektado ka ba ng lindol? Para sa iyo ito kung ang sagot mo ay oo. Pero kung hindi, sana nama’y bigyan mo rin ako ng kaunting minuto....
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