3 January 2012

Dear Friends,

As I write this mail, I think of all of you in good health, in a happy mood and in a really joyful moment. I wish and hope that on the third day of this New Year , you are still somehow in a relax mode savouring the sweetness of work, friendship and family and if by chance you have been terribly busy, I do pray that you will have a little bit of time without stress.

I would like to also take this opportunity to individually thank each of you for the support and donations you have so wholeheartedly given to our media friends affected by Sendong. All kinds of support you’ve provided — moral and financial — expanded care with a much bigger reach. Salamat po ng marami. May God grace you with more blessings so you may have the opportunity to share yourself even more.

Dec 18 (D-Day + 1)
…to Carol Arguillas and Gigi Bueno of MindaNews for facilitating receipt of the 6 boxes of initial support for journalists affected and journalists covering the flash floods and its aftermath;
…to JB Deveza of NUJP for receiving the goods and hosting it at the NUJP office;
…to Peterson Bergado for keeping himself strong amidst the chaos of mud and debris…for accepting us and allowing us to stay in his wonderful abode, salamat gid Sir Aping!;
…to Froi and Erwin, thanks for the briefing. Thanks too for your strength especially to Erwin who has been reporting despite having lost a place to stay.

Dec 19 (D-Day +2)
…to Ms Stella Estremera and Daniel Jaeger who immediately deposited financial assistance to Charlie’s account on Dec 19 and by which enabled us to provide immediate financial support to the first journalists we’ve known to be affected by the catastrophe. Maraming maraming salamat sa inyo.
…to Jigger Jerusalem for meeting with us by the bridge. Salamat Jigs!
…to Sir Red (CCJD) and Weng (NUJP) for pulling strings in Manila and for launching the Tabang Media initiative. Thank you very very much! Thank you too to the FFFJ and the CMFR.
…to Jason Gutierrez for bringing the matter to FOCAP and for giving gifts to the children of our media friends, Salamat ng marami Jason!
…to Lyn Rillon, Aaron Recuenco, Minnie Degawan, Cecille Suerte Felipe,
Sweet Cawicaan, and Chingbee Templo for the cash donations and goods,
…to Ms. Madeline Quiamco, Peng Alino, Norilyn Temblor, Allen Estabillo and VJ Villafranca for the support,
…to Ben Tesiorna for pulling support from his friends,
…to Beth Luczon and Ailyn Corrales for the communication,

Dec 20 (D-Day + 3)
…to Erik de Castro, Bulit Marquez, Dennis Sabangan and Ted Aljibe for providing the first financial assistance for the family of the late Enie Alsonado of RMN. Salamat ng marami sa inyong apat!
…to John Javellana for the financial support,
…to Allison Lopez of the ICRC for the support,
…to Ms. Yoly Esguerra of the PMPI for the support,
…to members of the Justice Beat from Cebu City for the financial donations,
…to Ryan Rosauro for bringing us to RMN. The contact with Neil Adolfo helped greatly in completing the list for Iligan.
…to Merlyn, for being strong,
…to Jorge Carino for the support,
…to Bobby Timonera…for the delicious dinner, and of course, the rich coffee!

Dec 21- (D-Day + 4 ++)
…to Ms Mayette, for the guidance and affirmation,
…to Rox Arevalo for helping us with list in Iligan,
…to Dr. Richard Kochoa for the medicines,
…to Inday Varona for the bag of clothes,
…to Julius and Hannah for the bags of clothes,
…to Kublai for approving the auction of his painting,
…to Misereor for allocating funds for our immediate relief actions,
…to Antonia for setting up donations from Germany and the UK,
…to Matthias for looking through a trauma care workshop in January,
…to Doc Sarah for the support,
…to all Pecojon alumni/members, CCJD partners and NUJP members for the support, prayers and trust, Maraming Maraming Salamat sa inyong lahat.
…and to friends for all the help, thank you very very much.

We feel truly blessed as instruments of your care and compassion. Thank you very very much!

Warmest,
Len Manriquez

p.s. if ever I missed on someone, please accept my apologies and let me know.

DATE
HOUR
REPORT

Dec. 17, 2011
14.00H-21.00H Purchase and packing of medicines, water and canned goods; Monitoring, Incident inquiries and report to CCJD and NUJP;

Dec. 18, 2011
03.00H Airport to Airport transfer of 6 boxes from Cebu to Cagayan de Oro

08.00H Gigi Bueno of Mindanews picked up Cargo from CDO Airport. JB Deveza of NUJP Safety Office pickep up Cargo from Gigi.

17.00H Arrival Len Manriquez and Charlie Saceda in CDO

21.00H Meeting with Froilan, JB and Erwin

Dec. 19, 2011
08.00H-17.00H Site visit, text brigade for support to journalists

Dec. 20, 2011
07.00H Repacking of rice and goods for affected journalists in CDO

10.00H-23.00H
CDO-ILIGAN-CDO
Meeting with Ryan and Richel (delivery of boots for coverage and medicine kits)
Visit to RMN
Visit to Enie Alsonado
Stop over At Bobby T’s residence

Dec. 21, 2011
06.00-23.00H Charlie in Iligan

08.00-12.00H Len at NUJP office and Xavier University

1400H Len: Site visit to Balulang

2000H Initial Report to Pecojon International

2300H Pack-up

Dec. 22, 2011
05.00H Departure to Cebu

Dec. 25, 2011
10.00H Departure to CDO (Karlon Rama and Charlie Saceda)

11.00H Karlon with Jes, Iris, Cong and JB

1300H Charlie, Karlon along with Jes, Iris, JB visit Cong’s house

1500H Visit to Macasandig

1700H Return home

2200H Charlie and Karlon meet Nef and Froi

Dec. 26, 2011
0900H Tabang Media distribution at the NUJP Safety office

1000H Charlie with Jes and Froi at Consolacion to take photos

1200H Lunch meeting by NUJP with local journalists

1500H Back to NUJP Safety Office

Dec. 27, 2011
0600H CDO pier to claim 2 bales of clothes (shirts and cargo pants)

1100H Motor to Iligan City for Enie Alsonado’s burial

1700H Bayug coverage with Jes and Iris

2100H Motor to Cagayan de Oro

Dec 28. 2011
1000H Charlie and Karlon at NUJP Safety for Tabang Media

2000H Charlie and Karlon with JB meeting with Mayet Rivera

2200H Meeting with Nef

Dec 29, 2011
0800H Data Gathering at Xavier University

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Heavy rains battered the windowsill.

From outside, looking in through the glass windows of Ateneo de Manila’s Institute of Social Order (ISO) building, the rain seemed to beat on images of mowed mountains, flooded and silted waterways, and miners dead by landslide.

But that was that. At least for those inside the building, the rain was outside; detached, thankfully, from the images – photographs of death, destruction and damage neatly plastered on mounted boards.

The gathering, the installation, and the rain that perhaps blest the entire affair, was to conclude the Oro, Plata at Mata Photo Contest last Sept. 9.

The result of a partnership between the Philippine Misereor Partnership Inc. and PECOJON – The Peace & Conflict Journalism Network Philippines, the event brought together photojournalists, amateurs and hobbyists, and civil society organizations in the hope of bringing forth awareness on the impact of mining.

Their output: photographs that document realities on the ground, seeds to a body of work that will eventually tour the entire country and Germany.

Winners in professional category included, in order, Jeoffrey Maitem of Koronadal, South Cotabato, Keith Bacongco of Davao City and David Leprozo Jr., who based in Baguio City.

They received a plaque, token from PECOJON Philippines, a copy of their own photo exhibit panel and cash prizes ranging from P11,000 to P22,000 pesos.

Maitem and Bacongco work depicted the rescue operations of the landslide of a mining site in Pantukan, Compostella Valley.

Leprozo winning photo, on the other hand, was a landscape shot of a mining site that sheared off a mountain side in the boundary of Baguio and Benguet provinces.

In the amateur and hobbyists’ category, Reynald Remegio of General Santos City, H. Marcos Mordeno of Bukidnon and Julius Mariveles of Bacolod City garnered the top three slots.

Remegio’s photo documented a rescue operation at a collapsed mining site in Tampakan, South Cotabato.

A human-interest image of a little girl engaged in the adult job of processing potentially hazardous minerals at the mining site in Zamboanga del Norte was Mordeno’s winning piece.

Mariveles’ shot brought the audience back to an abandoned and decrepit mining site in Negros Occidental.

Each received a plaque, a framed copy of the exhibit panel showing their winning piece, a token from PECOJON Philippines and a cash prize ranging from P9,000 to P10,000.

The final category was exclusive for PMPI members, focal organizations and point persons.

Each winner received a Samsung ES80 digital point-and-shoot camera plus a plaque, a copy of their own photo exhibit panel, a token from PECOJON Philippines and cash prizes ranging from P6,000 to P11,000.

The winners all came from Samar and included Mario Ian Mosquisa, Ma. Narcisa Badilla and Villardo Abueme.

Special prizes were also given to photographers who submitted their pictures on or before April 22, as the rest of the world celebrated the Earth Day 2011.

Receiving the prizes were Jes Aznar, Reynaldo Remegio and Ma. Narcisa Badilla.

The Philippine-Misereor Partnership Inc. is a venture between and among over 300 civil society organizations in the country – including church-based groups, non-government organizations and people’s organizations – and Misereor, an overseas development agency in Germany.

With the poor in the center of its work, PMPI espouses a common-development agenda within a rights-based and integral human development framework.

PECOJON – The Peace and Conflict Journalism Network Philippines, on the other hand, is a network of journalists working together to provide high quality and conflict-sensitive reporting of issues and concerns affecting humanity.

The journalists’ voice decides if conflict parties are perceived as victims or perpetrators, as suffering human beings or as the “incarnate” evil. By “just reporting the facts” media constantly influences the course of events.

This new awareness of the role of journalists in conflict, gained through painful analysis of conflict and war coverage for the past 20 years, demands a redefinition of responsibility of all media practitioners. It requires reporters, editors and management to gain deeper understanding of conflict and develop new strategies, on how to report it without fanning the flames.

PECOJON – The Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (International) is rolling out its Peace and Conflict Journalism Training 1 on September 30 to October 3, 2011 at the Bohol Bee Farm, Bohol, Philippines.

According to International Coordinator Antonia Koop,“reporting conflict often feels like diving head on into a muddy pond; it is hard to get an idea of what is really going on with all the frogs, snails and other particles swirling around, blurring the view,” referring to how conflict reporting can be confusing which may either escalate or de-escalate conflict. Conflict Sensitive Journalism provides analytical tools to sift through the mess and allows journalists to get a better grasp on any complex situation. It is no additional baggage but a set of valuable tools for journalists to survive and master the most challenging work environments.”

Koop will be flying from the United Kingdom to facilitate the four-day long training.

Since 2004, PECOJON trains media practitioners on Conflict Sensitive Reporting with the goal of incorporating the techniques into mainstream journalism practice and education.

It has grown since to a network for journalists coming from all over the world, working together to mainstream quality reporting of conflict.

PECOJON International currently holds three main training courses, which are: Peace and Conflict Journalism 1 training – happening on this September. It discusses concepts of conflict, violence, and peace; provides methods of conflict analysis and conflict transformation; and introduces participants to the principles and strategies of Conflict Sensitive Journalism.

Other courses are: Peace and Conflict Journalism 2 training – follow-up course aims to deepen participants understanding of the concepts of Conflict Sensitive Journalism; and the Qualification Course for Peace and Conflict Journalism Trainers (PJ3) – which equips participants with teaching and training methodologies of CSJ.

Qualified to apply for PJ1 in September are print (newspaper & magazine), online, broadcast (tv and radio) journalists who are committed to attend both courses (PJ1 & PJ2). Journalists covering conflict, crisis and war are highly encouraged to apply.

Only fifteen (15) participants will be accepted for this course.

Accommodations, travel arrangements and meals during the course duration will be facilitated and arranged by PECOJON with exceptions but a registration fee will be collected during registration.

Deadline for submission of applications is on September 19, 2011. Interested should download the application form located on this page and send to training@pecojon.org. Applicants may also fax their applications to 032-5055262.

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Inquirer Mindanao bureau correspondent Frinston Lim took the top spot in the print category for his article “Women grieve over landmine deaths” while Marya Salamat of Bulatlat.com won first place in the online category  for “Child rights advocates bewail distortion of child protection principles for counter-insurgency.”

The winners of the Red Cross Award for Humanitarian Reporting—the first media contest held by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Philippine Red Cross (PRC)—were revealed in an awarding ceremony on 7 May at Richmonde Hotel, Ortigas, Pasig City.

Red Cross officials Christoph Sutter, ICRC deputy head of delegation to the Philippines; Richard Gordon, PRC chairman; and Gwendolyn Pang, PRC secretary general, handed trophies to the winners who include: For print: Stella Estremera of Sun.Star Davao (second place) for “New legs, new life”; Fernando del Mundo of Philippine Daily Inquirer (third place) for the three-part series “New Centurions”; for online: Ina Alleco Silverio of Bulatlat.com (second place) for “Child soldiers or victims?”; and Andreo Calonzo of Gmanews.tv (third place) for “A year after Ampatuan massacre, local journalists struggle to stay safe.”

Special awards were also given to Ed Lingao of Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, for “Maguindanao, isang taon” (TV documentary); Marga Ortigas of Al Jazeera for “Splinter group seen as threat to peace” (TV news); and Malu Manar of DXND-NDBC for “The armed conflict in Kabacan, North Cotabato” (radio).

“Lim’s story provided a deeper look into the deaths of three civilians through a landmine explosion in Compostela Valley, while Salamat’s article delved into the protection of children, especially those accused of being combatants. Both stories gave analysis and a human face to the armed conflict situation in the Philippines,” said Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC’s communication coordinator.

Around 23 finalists competed in the Red Cross Award, which was launched on 12 August 2010 in celebration of International Humanitarian Law (IHL) day. The competition aims to promote responsible reporting of conflict situations by highlighting the plight of those affected by it.

A panel of 15 judges (five per category) hail from the ICRC, PRC, and partner-organizations International News Safety Institute, Peace and Conflict Journalism Network, Philippine Association of Communication Educators, and Rotary Club of Manila.

Guest judges include veteran journalists Vergel Santos of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility; and Rey Hulog, executive director of the Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas.

Entries were screened on focus and date of coverage, after which the finalists were adjudged based on: evidence of research (30 percent); sourcing (20 percent); coherence/ organization (20 percent); style and presentation (15 percent); and conflict-sensitive reporting (15 percent. Aside from the awards ceremony, a program starting at 9 a.m. focused on the challenges of conflict reporting, and how best to address them.

Invited speakers were Prof. Miriam Coronel Ferrer, on the current situation of Philippine media coverage of conflict situations; Antonio Cruz, president of Bloggers’ Association, on the role of new media in contemporary conflicts; and Agence France Presse correspondent Jason Gutierrez, on his experience in covering war and other situations of violence.

“The media’s voice should be heard in favour of proper and responsible behaviour in wars. We hope that the number journalists who are interested in humanitarian analysis of conflicts continue to grow, and that the second award will receive more entries and support across the Philippines,” said Anastasia Isyuk, ICRC’s communication coordinator.

For further information, please contact: Allison Lopez, ICRC Manila, tel +63 908-8686884

With the advent of the Mining Act of 1995, the country has seen the onslaught of mining operations which to date is continuously affecting communities in many parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

Today, PMPI and PECOJON, invites photographers and photojournalists to a more active engagement in caring for our environment through a photo-contest entitled “Oro, Plata at Mata.” The contest theme is central to the ill-effects of mineral resources exploitation.

Philippine-Misereor Partnership is a partnership between and among 300+ civil society organizations in the Philippines composed of church groups, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and people’s organizations (POs) and Misereor – the overseas development agency based in Germany. With the poor in the center of its work, PMPI espouses a common development agenda within the rights-based and integral human development framework.

PECOJON-The Peace and Conflict Journalism Network Philippines is a network of journalists working together to provide high quality and conflict-sensitive reporting of issues and concerns affecting humanity.

MECHANICS:
1.    The photos should illustrate the effects of mining in their respective areas and was only taken within two (2) year from the contest deadline.

2.    Photo-contest deadline is on May 11, 2011 but an Earth Day Special Award will be given to chosen entries submitted on or before 11:00 a.m. of April 22, 2011.

Earth Day is celebrated every 22nd of April since 1970. Winners of the Earth Day Special Award still qualify as entries to the regular contest categories.

3.    The photo contest is divided into three (3) categories, namely: professional – who earn using photography or photojournalism; amateur – hobbyist or have studied advanced photography; and community photographers – are those involved in PMPI’s sites of struggles.

4.    Winners will receive:        1st Place        2nd Place        3rd Place Professional category:            P22,000        P17,000        P11,000 Amateur category:               15,000           12,000            9,000 Community category:                  11,000             8,000            6,000

Community category winners will also receive digital cameras as part of the prize.

5.    Entries should be in digital format and each photograph should have the resolution of at least 300 dpi and the size of 10 inches on the longer side. Any camera may be used for the contest.

6.    Photos are disqualified if they are found to be heavily retouched / digitally enhanced which could be a misrepresentation of truth.

7.    Filenames of entries should be renamed to <category>_<initials>_<yearphototaken>_<seriesnumber001-010>.  For example, Professional_LRM_2011_010

8.    The photos should be properly captioned which indicates the place and the date taken.

9.    A maximum of 10 entries per person is allowed provided however those entries submitted have not won any awards or contests and must be sent to PMPI.PECOJON.contest@gmail.com with the prescribed entry form. No entry fee shall be collected.

10.    The photographer retains the copyrights for the photos but allows PMPI to reprint for a photo exhibit or a publication on any medium.

11.    In cases of reprint or publication, the photographer is notified and due credit will be given to him with a disclaimer.

FOR QUESTIONS ON THE PHOTO CONTEST, please contact:

Philippine-Misereor Partnership, Inc.
Telephone number: +63.2.353.4287 / TeleFax: +63.2.353.4396
Email: pmpsecretariat@yahoo.com

FOR TECHNICAL CONCERNS, please contact:

CHARLIE SACEDA
PECOJON – The Peace and Conflict Journalism Network Philippines
TeleFax: +63.32.505.5262
Email: saceda@pecojon.ph

PECOJON – The Peace and Conflict Journalism Network Philippines has pioneered in creating awareness for journalists in cyberspace. Dubbed as the Internet Security Awareness for Journalists seminar, PECOJON members and members of the Defense Press Corps in Manila learned how insecure the internet platform is.

“Topic is an eye-opener for reckless reporters using the internet and electronic gadgets,” said a reporter covering the defense beat.

Another said, “we learned a lot in this seminar and we all agree that this is very useful for us reporters covering the AFP-Defense and police beat in some way.”

The advancement of technologies has made the journalist’s job of filing stories and photos easier. From filing the stories by phone and dictating quotes word by word and letter by letter, we are catapulted into an age where editorial offices receive in-depth stories and breaking news within seconds after reporter’s clicked on the send button in their web browsers.

A US survey by Middleberg/Ross on media in the wired world indicates that 98% of journalists use the internet for research and communicating with their sources.

“In the digital age, journalists can be vulnerable to attacks in cyberspace,” said Tactical Technology who gave the half-day awareness seminar.

Tactical Technology is an international NGO, empowering organizations to utilize information technology as an asset to bring about progress.

The activity is an off-shoot of the “Journalist Under Fire” conference last November 23, 2010 wherein journalists, media partners and stakeholders discuss safety issues that the media are contended with.

PECOJON Philippines believes that quality reporting through conflict sensitive approaches can promote safety to journalists. By partnering with other organizations, the media network can train journalists on a well-rounded approach in safety with their reporting, their physical and psychological safety as well as their safety in cyberspace.

You may request download link from saceda@pecojon.ph You may also download by clicking each photo, as soon as it enlarges, right click on the photo and save as.

CEBU CITY — On the table, a single nameplate marked the empty seat where Edelgrace Amoro should have sat and addressed the delegates to the first media conference on the protection of journalists held here Tuesday.

Instead, all that the audience in the darkened auditorium heard was her voice. “There is no end to impunity unless we take the challenge to resist the enemy and fight the good fight of faith,” she said, as scenes from media killings past were flashed on the screen.

Her father, radio journalist Edgar Amoro, was gunned down three years after he witnessed the killing of his colleague Edgar Damalerio in 2002. Since then, her family has been on the government’s Witness Protection Program, which was why she could not show herself to the public.

“When a journalist is killed, it affects all of us – our right to know, our right to information that helps us make decisions in our lives,” said Red Batario from the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ).

The FFFJ was set up in 2002 in the wake of the Damalerio killing to help the families that slain journalists leave behind.

“We look at it not as a media problem but a problem for the entire society,” added Batario, who also serves as executive director of the Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD).

The CCJD teamed up with the Cebu-based Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON) and the International News Safety Institute (INSI) to organize the media conference, which was timed to coincide with the first anniversary of the November 23 massacre in Maguindanao.

Plaintive strains from a flute and frenzied drumming by musicians from the local cultural group Upstage opened a photo exhibit showing scenes from the massacre site and the arrest of prime suspect Andal Ampatuan Jr.

“This is a reminder that an aberration like the Nov. 23 massacre should not happen again,” said moderator Karlon Rama from PECOJON.

Since the restoration of democracy in the Philippines in 1986, at least 140 journalists and media workers have been reported killed in violent incidents, according to the organizers.

‘Frightening trend’

Lawyer Al Parreño noted that activists and journalists comprised the majority of victims of unresolved killings from 2001 up to August 2010, according to a study that he conducted for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting.

An average of 2.5 killings per week were recorded during the term of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, with her home province of Pampanga and Negros Occidental topping the list of sites where the violence occurred, Parreño said.

Despite the reforms promised by President Benigno Aquino III when he took office last June, however, Parreño observed: “There’s a frightening trend right now.”

He said two killings per week were reported during the first two months of the Aquino administration — which is comparable to the rate of killings during Arroyo’s term.

“It’s all about guns, hoods, and motorcycles,” he said, describing the manner of most killings. He added that all the killings were “systematic and planned, not just some homicide on the street.”

Philippine National Police Supt. Alex Paul Monteagudo, deputy director of Task Force Usig, advised journalists to take extra caution if they sense that they are being shadowed. The task force was created to look into the reports of extra-judicial killings during the Arroyo administration.

“Our studies show that it is during surveillance period that you can best prevent an attack,” he said, adding that most of the reported killings happened in or around the victims’ houses.

“There are only 130,000 policemen in the entire country and we cannot secure each and every media practitioner,” Monteagudo said.

11-point agenda

The media conference ended with the signing of the “Cebu declaration: A call to action for the protection of journalists in the Philippines.” Among the steps proposed are the following:

• Government observance of international resolutions on the safety of journalists
• Provision of safety equipment for media workers by news organizations
• Media-academe cooperation programs to prepare new journalists for the hazards of the profession
• Engaging the citizenry in supporting protection for media workers
• Solidarity among media organizations in pursuing freedom of the press

The participants also lit candles to remember the 58 victims of the Maguindanao massacre and other victims of media killings in the country. – JV/HS, GMANews.TV

November 23, 2010    Cebu City, Central Philippines

The unabated killing of Filipino community journalists is threatening the very foundations of democracy in the Philippines.

The massacre of 32 media practitioners in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on November 23, 2009 underscored the insidious manner with which many of the crimes were committed and the seeming impunity of the killers and masterminds. These killings have earned for the country the condemnation of local and international press and human rights groups.  The situation is far from becoming normal.

This kind of environment is made even worse and complicated by the continuing armed conflict and extra-judicial killings in many regions of the country especially in the south. Journalists working in small towns and cities are the most vulnerable, having little or no access to support groups, training and legal assistance.  These journalists are often targeted by powerful clans, politicians or individuals stung by probing and critical stories.  Others are caught in a deadly cross-fire between warring groups.

They are mostly underpaid and asked to work under terrible conditions.  Many news organizations in these areas also are small operations with scant resources. Financially insecure, they are most vulnerable to coercion.

Attacks on journalists tend to have a widespread chilling effect.  The attacks erode the ability of journalists to investigate and report, thus depriving citizens of their right to know.

Since 2001 around 103 (140 since 1986), journalists and media staff have been killed in the Philippines, described by international press watchdogs as having an “atrocious record for journalists’ safety.”

By organizing a conference on how to make the work environment of journalists safer and to commemorate the first anniversary of the Maguindanao Massacre, the International News Safety Institute, Center for Community Journalism and Development, and the Peace and Conflict Journalism Network hope to bring forward a collective call to action for the protection of journalists.

While the site is still undergoing finishing touches and maintenance, initial information about what PECOJON Philippines has been doing can already be located here.

In this link, members and non-members can see network updates. Network updates would include org activities, member activities, anything about the network.

-Charlie Saceda