PPASJ Monitoring Table (Civil Society, Academia, and the Private Sector)

PPASJ Monitoring Table

Projects/Activities Related to the Implementation

of the Philippine Plan of Action on the Safety of Journalists (PPASJ)

by Stakeholders in the Philippines

Civil Society, Academia, and the Private Sector

Name of organization	Title and brief description of activity/initiative	1. Integrity and Professionalism	2. Conducive Working Conditions	3. Safety and Protection Mechanisms	4. Criminal Justice System	5. Public Information, Journalism Education, and Research
Access Now	.24/7 Digital Security Helpline - The Helpline Manila office provides comprehensive real-time technical assistance to users at risk including civil society groups activists			*		*
Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication (AIJC)	.Safeguarding Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in the Philippines (2021-2022) - Establishment of sustainable mechanisms that build and expand on the PPASJ for the	*		*
	. ”Strengthening Safety of Journalists and Professional Journalistic Standards in the Philippines” Project (2021) - Assessment and updating of the Code of Professional and Ethical Conduct in Covering Elections of the Philippine Press Institute (PPI) - Capacity building program for Filipino journalists on professional and ethical conduct, wi	*		*
	. Inventory of Global and Local Resources on Journalist Safety – on AIJC website (September 2020)					*
	. Media Information and Literacy (MIL) in Youth Civic Engagement Project with support from UNESCO in collaboration with the National Youth Commission (2020-2021)					*
	. Journalist Safety syllabus (Integration of ”Safety of Journalists” in the Curricula of Philippine Journalism Schools, 2018), and updating (Follow-on Workshop on Integrating Journalist Safety in the Journalism Curriculum, 2020)			*		*
Bulatlat	. Maintains the news website bulatlat.com which seeks to reflect the people’s views and stand on issues, such as human rights and civil liberties, national patrimony, workers and peasant rights and interests, migrant rights and welfare, the rights and status of women, indigenous people’s rights, and the environment, among others.					*
	. Module on Human Rights Reporting for Filipino Journalists (2018), a printed material/handbook	*				*
Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD)	. Journalism for Empowerment First Aid and Basic Life Support Module (no date)			*
	. Media Learning Events on Disaster Risk Reduction in Partnership with DRRNetPhils					*
	. Public Journalism Framework in DRR and Climate Change Reporting					*
	. Comprehensive (Physical, Digital, Legal, Psychological) Safety and Security Training for Journalists and Human Rights Defenders			*
	. Documenting Human Rights Violation				*
Center for Media Freedom and	. Annual Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar on media responsibility and protection of press freedom	*				*
Responsibility (CMFR)	. Content on protecting press freedom on the CMFR website					*
	. Content on media ethics and responsibility on the CMFR website	*				*
	. Content on excellence and best practices in journalism on the CMFR website	*				*
	. Microsite on killings and other threats and attacks on journalists			*		*
Consortium on Democracy and Disinformatio	. Maintains the D&D website, created in collaboration with the Holy Angel University (HAU) Communication Program (launched in February 26, 2021) - https://fightdisinfo.ph/					*
	. Conducts conferences and workshops, such as Spot the Difference, Make the Difference (Virtual Fact-Checking Workshop), 29 January 2021; Fact-Checking Workshop: Digital Approaches to Journalism for Media Practitioners and Information Officers, April 14, 202					*
	. Provides assistance through its 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					*
EngageMedia	. Video for Change Impact Toolkit: Features the knowledge, expertise and best practices of seasoned Video for Change practitioners around the world. It emphasizes the process of making a video as much as the product and explores the threats and opportunities facing social movements working in human and environmental rights. (May 3, 2019	*	*	*		*
	. A Webinar on Techniques and Tech-Based Tools to Ensure People’s Inclusion Addressing Media Freedom Issues (Launched on August 28, 2021)					*
Foundation for Media Alternatives (FMA)	. The FMA Digital Rights Roundup: online discussions (webinar series) on the investigation of state-funded trolls, automation, and the privacy concerns of the COVID-19 vaccination rollout (July 16-31, 2021					*
	. Gender and ICT program: advocacy on the interaction between ICT and gender rights and issues, including women’s use of and access to ICT and tech-related gender-based violence (ongoing)					*
	. Privacy and Data Protection: advocacy on the right to privacy of citizens, which includes the right against unlawful surveillance and internet rights (ongoing					*
	. Media Literacy Resources: comics series on misinformation (no date)					*
	. Online Privacy Course: module on data and privacy protection (August 2021) accessible through the FMA websit					*
	. Briefing Papers on Business and Human Rights (September 2019)					*
	. Online Gender-Based Violence Komiks (July 2021)
iDefend Philippines				*		*
	Active Vista Human Rights Festival 2021: Martial Law: #NeverForget #NeverAgain (September 21, 2021)					*
International Association of	. Media Gender Equality Strategy Projects - A handbook of strategies for ensuring			*		*
Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) and IAWRT Philippines	. women have an impact in media (2018) (reference material for gender advocates
	. Gender Mainstreaming Project (February 27, 2019) - A project based on the successes on the 2014-2015 pilot Gender Mainstreaming Project (GMP) supplemented by UNESCO-Norway Funding (project report can ser			*
	. IAWRT Handbook on Gender Equality in the Media (2019) (reference material for gender advocates)			*
	. Safety Handbook for Journalists by Abeer Saady (two editions – 2017 and 2021			*
	. Digital Safe House (IAWRT International project implemented in the Philippines; to be turned over to IAWRT Philippines after the launch in December 2021)			*
International Media Support (IMS)		*				*
	. reedom of expression environment for human rights defenders
	. Project of IMS and IAWRT Philippines: the Digital Safe House and Collaboration Platform for Women Journalists in the Philippines (2021)			*
Internews Philippine	. Philippine Initiative for Media Freedom Annual Report (December 1, 2020)					*
	. #InformationSavesLives campaign provides updates from journalists on how they are coping with COVID-19 coverage and maintaining their operations. The campaign calls for donations to the Rapid Response Fund to help meet journalists’ needs (2020			*		*
	. Health Journalism Network - encourages and promotes a professional code of conduct for media professionals covering health (posted on Internews Facebook page, July 26, 2021)	*		*
	. RTD on Journalist Safety and Lawfare with the American Bar Association attended by journalists and HRDs (May 4-6, 2021			*
	. Philippine Fact-Checker Incubator (PCFI) Project (posted on the Internews Facebook page, July 29, 2021) aims to build the	*
	. capacity of fact-checking organizations in the Philippines and encourage participation in global fact-checking networks
Kapisanan ng mga Brodkaster ng Pilipinas		*
	. Advocates for public service airtime: Asks member-stations to set airtime for public service announcements (PSAs) for social advocacies it supports	*
National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP)	. Media Safety Offices in the National Capital Region (NCR), Luzon, Visayas, Eastern Mindanao, and Western Mindanao monitor all forms of attacks against the media.			*
	. NUJP campaigns on the following advocacies: press freedom, freedom of information, decriminalizing libel, No to Cybercrime Law			*		*
	. Stand for Press Freedom - a fundraising campaign to support the fight for press freedom and better working conditions fo		*			*
	. Filipino journalists and media workers (no date)
	. Journalists’ Orphan Fund - a call to help families of slain journalists as they await justice, send orphans of slain colleagues to school—from grade school to college (no date)			*
	. Online resources on journalist safety			*		*
	. Philippine Safety Guide –video (July 2018/updated January 2020)			*		*
	. Ethical Guide for Filipino Journalists (2021)	*
	. Holistic Safety Training (HST) for Women Journalists (2022), organized with Internews and USAID			*
National Union of Peoples Lawyers (NUPL)						*
	. - Tagging of 18 universities as recruiters of terrorists (January 25, 2021)
	. Legal actions to defend, protect and promote human rights especially of the poor and the oppressed
Peace and Conflict Journalism Network (PECOJON)				*
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)	. Advocacy and campaigns on the following: - Civil and political rights - Economic, social and cultural rights					*
	. Statements on human rights issues: - DFA Funding regulation (February 25, 2021) - Philippines’ pro- China Stance on Myanmar – Human Rights issue (February 16, 2021) - Anti-Terrorism law is retribution for defending human rights (February 2, 2021) - Tagging of 18 universities as recruiters of terrorists (January 25, 2021)					*
Philippine Association for Media and	. Conducts the annual National Forum on Media and Information Literacy					*
	. Conducted the 1st International MIL Youth Virtual Summit, with sessions on					*
Information Literacy (PAMIL)	. freedom of expression and fact-checking (November 2020
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)	. Election Pledge 2022 for Journalists and Media Organizations (July 16, 2021)	*				*
	. Wag Kukurap Eleksyon 2022 Facebook group page	*				*
	. Participates in the Access to Information Network (ATIN) as a founding member	*				*
	. Participates in the Right to Know, Right Now (R2KRN) Coalition as a member	*				*
	. Advocates for the passage of a Freedom of Information Law by the Philippine Congress (ongoing, since 2002)			*
	. Published Fact-Finding Mission Report of the Freedom Fund for Filipino Journalists (FFFJ) on the Maguindanao Massacre					*
Philippine Press Institute		*		*
	. PPI Regional Press Forums in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (2021)	*		*
	. Manual on Civic Journalism contains the following topics: Civic Journalism, Connecting with Citizen, Giving the Public a Voice, What is Civic Journalism, Public	*				*
	. Journalism Effort, Framing a Story and Interviewing (March 11, 2017)
	. Disaster Reporting and Other Emergencies - PPI provides guidelines to reporters on how to report on disasters while respecting the dignity of victims (June 7, 2017)	*		*
	. Guidelines in Reporting on Children - contains guidelines on reporting on children who are victims of abuse, in conflict with the law, caught in armed conflict, and in other special circumstances (July 7, 2017)	*
	. COVID-19 Chronicles When (Reporting) Duty Calls (July 12, 2020)					*
	. Digital News Report Findings on the Philippines Part I (July 3, 2020)					*
	. Digital News Report Findings on the Philippines Part II (July 10, 2020)					*
	. "Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020 and the Media (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 1)" (July 15, 2020)					*
	. Journalism, Journalists and Challenging Conditions (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 2) (August 19, 2020)
	. Media Freedom in the Time of Pandemic (Sept 3, 2020)					*
	. Federalism & RevGov (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 3) (September 16, 2020)					*
	. Let's talk about Mental Health and the Media (September 29, 2020)					*
	. Pramis, Walang Lokohan: A VERA Files guide to Fact Checking (October 15, 2020)					*
	. Education During Trying Times (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 4) (October 21, 2020)					*
	. What we need to know about Vaccine Trials and the COVID-19 Vaccine (and the Role of Media during Pandemic) (October 29, 2020	*				*
	. Online Seminar-Workshop on Safety of Journalists and Media Workers in Time of Crisis (November 4, 2020)			*		*
	. HALALAN NA! Dapat bang paghandaan? (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 5) (November 18, 2020)	*				*
	. Media Killings and the Culture of Impunity (Online Forum on Commemorating of Ampatuan Massacre) (November 23, 2020)			*		*
	. Halalan Na! Dapat bang paghandaan? PART					*
	. (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 6) (December 16, 2020)
	. Education and COVID-19 (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 7) (January 20, 2021)					*
	. COVID-19 Chronicles Stories Sharing \| Season 1 (January 29, 2021)					*
	. Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (February 28, 2021)					*
	. Strengthening the Digital Literacy of Educators in the Time of COVID-19 (February 16, 2021)					*
	. COVID-19: The Real Score \| Vaccines, Current Statistics Impact on Mental Health and the Economy (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 8) (February 17, 2021)					*
	. Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (February 8, 2021)					*
	. Pamilya sa Politika \| Politika sa Pamilya - A Candid Discussion on Political Dynasties and Party-List System (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 9) (March 17, 2021)					*
	. Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (March 25, 2021)					*
	. Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (March 26, 2021					*
	. Crunching Numbers: A Seminar-Workshop on Data Journalism (March 31, 2021					*
	. Launch of the Research Study on Democracy Resilience and Media Literacy Amid the Pandemic: Perspectives of Civic Journalists (April 13, 2021)					*
	. COVID-19: Vaccine Acquisition and the Economy (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 10) (April 21, 2021)					*
	. Journalism 101: How (not) to ask questions PPI Public Forum (April 29, 2021					*
	. Show, Don't Tell 2.0 \| Visual Narratives: A Seminar-Workshop on Visual Storytelling (April 30, 2021)					*
	. The State of Media Freedom in the Philippines: Breaking barriers to bring information to the public (May 3, 2021					*
	. Education, Training and Employment: The Challenges Ahead (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 11) (May 19,2021)					*
	. Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (May 19, 2021)					*
	. Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (May 21, 2021)					*
	. Health and Information Literacy Webinar (May 27, 2021)					*
	. What Happens in the Newsroom? \| PPI Public Forum (June 4, 2021)					*
	. PPI Regional Press Forum - Mindanao Members (June 7, 2021)					*
	. PPI Regional Press Forum - Visayas Members (June 9, 2021)					*
	. PPI Regional Press Forum - Luzon & NCR (June 11, 2021)					*
	. COVID-19 Lessons 101 \| Let's Talk from Ordinary Folk (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 12) (June 16, 2021)					*
	. Of Journalism Ethics and Elections (Towards a Democracy Resilient Society) (June 26, 2021)	*				*
	. Who is the journalist? \| PPI Public Forum (july 7, 2021)					*
VERA Files	Media and Information Literacy: Towards a Democracy Resilient Society (A Scholastic Outreach Program on Voter Education) (July 10, 2021					*
	. Saan galing ang local news mo? Presenting the results from the Digital News Report 2021 (July 16, 2021)					*
	. Duterte's Legacy and Expectations from PRRDs Last SONA (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 13) (July 21, 2021)					*
	. #Balitang Halalan: A 2-Part Online Seminar-Workshop on Elections Reporting (July 23, 2021)					*
	. COVID-19 Chronicles Stories Sharing \| Season 2 (July 29, 2021)					*
	. #Balitang Halalan: A 2-Part Online Seminar-Workshop on Elections Reporting (August 3, 2021)					*
	. BARMM at the Crossroads (PPI-HSF Roundtable Live Online Forum Ep. 14) (August 18, 2021)					*

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