Opinion

Community journalism is often described as the frontline of democracy. It reports on barangay politics, local governance, social services, and community conflicts—stories that shape people’s daily lives but rarely reach national headlines. However, it is precisely this closeness to power and people that makes community journalism both essential and vulnerable.Continue Reading

Opinion

Local news isn’t dying a natural death. It is being killed slowly and methodically—not by disinterest, not by digital disruption, but by a political and economic ecosystem that punishes truth-telling outside Metro Manila. For years, we’ve been told that provincial newsrooms are “weak” or that community journalists lack the sophisticationContinue Reading