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Episode 21

Media Spectacle & Democracy in the Philippines

This week, we are speaking to the esteemed journalist Veronica Pedrosa on Media Spectacle & Democracy in the Philippines. Veronica is an award-winning presenter with experience in news reporting, production and presenting. As a journalist she has worked at Al Jazeera English, CNN International, BBC World News, and BBC World Service. With her deep knowledge about global issues, Veronica has been invited to moderate panel discussions by the United Nations, the Red Cross Movement, and the European Union. She is also an experienced communications consultant for humanitarian organisations in emergency situations. 

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Resources:

Discover more about Veronica’s work on her website.

Follow Veronica on Twitter @Vpedrosa.

Watch Veronica as the Correspondent in the Al Jazeera special report Imelda and Me.

Find out more about the ABS-CBN company on their website. 

Learn more about the political nature of this issue in the article What next for Philippines’ ABS-CBN, the network that fell afoul of Duterte?  

Learn how the issue has been mediated on social media in the Euronews video Philippine lawmakers vote against renewal of top broadcaster ABS-CBN.

Read the Manila Standard article The Lopezes’ rise and fall.

The Lopez matriarch Conchita Lopez Taylor weighs in on the issue in the the article Philippines’ ABS-CBN shutdown: TV network ‘did not attack Duterte’, Lopez matriarch says on SCMP. 

Learn more about how broadcast journalists have previously run for office in the article Journalists as Politicians: The Power of the Broadcast Media in the Philippines.

Read the Article 19 article on freedom of press in the Philippines, Philippines: Maria Ressa conviction is an attack on press freedom.

And Article 19 featured the campaign in support of Maria Ressa in the article #HoldTheLine campaign launched in support of Maria Ressa and independent media in the Philippines.

Discover more about the issue in the article Reporters Without Borders calls on Congress to renew ABS-CBN franchise on their website.