Action Output Institution Activity Date/Period Funder
Identify and document good labor practices in the newsroom in the context of women and male journalists’ welfare and safety as models for replication · Published and shared case studies on good labor practices in the newsroom · CSOs and NGOs, media development organizations, media houses and news organizations, press and broadcast associations, government agencies, international organizations and UN agencies
Develop knowledge products such as a guide on cultural and traditional practices including those of Muslim groups and indigenous peoples · Manual produced for journalists and editors, media houses and news organizations, press and broadcast associations, as well as academe and other sectors · Government agencies, CSOs and NGOs, academia
Increase public awareness and knowledge about the role of media in democracy and how journalist safety issues affect all citizens · Research conducted on communities’ perceptions on the role of media in democracy
· National and local multi-stakeholder public outreach programs/campaigns designed and implemented in identified areas across the country
· CHR advisories on press freedom and attacks against journalists disseminated
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) Inventory of Global and Local Resources on Journalist Safety on AIJC website (link) Ongoing UNESCO
Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) Annual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar on media responsibility and protection of press freedom (link to landing page; link to list of 2021 panelists) Annual
Consortium on Democracy and Disinformation (D&D) Conferences and workshops

· Spot the Difference, Make the Difference (Virtual Fact-Checking Workshop)
· Fact-Checking Workshop: Digital Approaches to Journalism for Media Practitioners and Information Officers

January 29, 2021 and April 14, 2021
Small grants facility for research studies, such as “Linking media system and disinformation vulnerability in Southeast Asia” by Cleave Arguelles of the Australian National University and Jose Maria Lanuza of the University of the Philippines-Manila 2021
Fighting the Big Lie: A lecture series on democracy and disinformation, in partnership with The Asian Center for Journalism at ADMU December 6-7, 2021 and December 9-10, 2021
Philippine Press Institute (PPI) Online Seminar: Workshop on Safety of Journalists and Media Workers in Time of Crisis November 4, 2020
Media Killings and the Culture of Impunity

(Online Forum Commemorating Ampatuan Massacre

November 23, 2020
Scholastic Press Outreach Training Program, including PPI’s own module on fact-checking Ongoing
Research project: Democracy Resilience, Media Literacy and Voter’s Education (link)
Research project: Reporting in the ‘New Normal’: Filipino Journalistic Practices in the aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic

· Orientation for PPI members
· Orientation for non-PPI journalists

March 25, 2022 and March 26, 2022 Hanns Seidel Foundation
Webinar: Defending the Truth: History and Journalism as Antidotes to Disinformation July 20, 2022 Hanns Seidel Foundation
Webinar: Media Under Attack October 19, 2022 Hanns Seidel Foundation
Series of Roundtable Discussions, one attended by PNP PIO chief Col. Redrico Maranan
Nine podcast episodes on the role of media in a democracy
Public forum on historical distortion and fighting disinformation
Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) Webinars, seminars, and other events for journalists and citizens, e.g., press freedom caravan, webinar series 2018-2022 Office of the President
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Two-day in-person training with women journalists in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) region, in collaboration with the Mindanao Institute of Journalism (MIJ), ahead of the May 2022 elections April 28-29, 2022
Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines (JSAP), in cooperation with Philippine Press Institute (PPI) JSAP National Conference 2022: Off the Record: Untold Stories of Journalists During the May 2022 Elections and Beyond July 9, 2022 Hanns Seidel Foundation
Strengthen regional membership of existing nationwide associations of MIL and Communication teachers to promote the teaching of journalist safety in schools · Partnership strategies developed between the academic and media outlets
· Integration of journalist safety in the curriculum of journalism schools ensured
· Advocacy with media agencies conducted
· Workshops and conferences, where journalist safety is discussed, conducted
· Recommendations made to media outlets for providing a better work environment for practicing and potential journalists
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC) Journalist Safety syllabus (Integration of “Safety of Journalists” in the Curricula of Philippine Journalism Schools, 2018), and updating (Workshop on Integrating Journalist Safety in the Journalism Curriculum, 2020) 2020 UNESCO
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) #RealTalk: Para All, Free to Speak – an online series discussing pressing issues Ongoing
Buhat Mo, Buhat Ko – a campaign helping exact truth and justice Ongoing
Undertake study to identify effective safety practices and mechanisms for adoption and replication · Study findings published and disseminated · Media development organizations, media houses and news organizations, press and broadcast associations, government agencies, independent constitutional bodies, CSOs and NGOs