Journalism

UST journalism program to offer elective on fact-checking next academic year

UST journalism program to offer elective on fact-checking next academic year

THE UST Journalism program will offer an elective on fact-checking and digital literacy to tackle disinformation across different disciplines starting the first term of academic year 2024-2025. The new general education elective, ​​“Digital Literacy, Fact-Checking, and Verification,” will initially be available to first-year students of the journalism and legal management…
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Journalism-PR alliance seen to combat disinformation

Journalism-PR alliance seen to combat disinformation

AN ALLIANCE between journalists and public relations (PR) practitioners could combat disinformation in social media, a veteran journalist and educator said. UST journalism professor and former ABS-CBN News Channel anchor Christian Esguerra said a collaboration between “honest-to-goodness” practitioners would help address the issue. “I am allergic to political PR because I know…
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Rappler shutdown a form of oppression, media profs say

Rappler shutdown a form of oppression, media profs say

THE STATE corporate regulator’s decision to reaffirm the closure order against digital news organization Rappler is a direct form of “media repression,” journalism and communication professors said. Two days before former President Rodrigo Duterte left office, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an order affirming the revocation of the…
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Communication Arts, Journalism to be prioritized in face-to-face classes, says Artlets Dean

Communication Arts, Journalism to be prioritized in face-to-face classes, says Artlets Dean

(UPDATED AS OF 9:00 P.M.) COMMUNICATION AND Journalism programs would be prioritized once the government allows the resumption of face-to-face classes in the University, Faculty of Arts and Letters Dean Marilu Madrunio said. "If the government approves the resumption of face-to-face classes, our priority would be the Communication and Journalism…
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