The Freedom for Media, Freedom For All (FMFA) Network and the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) held the forum — “Fight for Truth and Human Rights” — at the UP CMC Auditorium on May 3, 2023, on the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day.
FMFA is composed of PCIJ, CMFR, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), Mindanews, and the Philippine Press Institute (PPI).
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Welcome remarks: UP CMC Dean Fernando Paragas
Opening Message: UP Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II
Opening Message: PCIJ Board of Editors Chair Howie Severino
State of Press Freedom in the Philippines report: CMFR Executive Director Melinda Quintos De Jesus
ABS-CBN Chief of Reporters Jeff Canoy opens the panel discussion
Closing remarks by NUJP chairperson Jonathan De Santos
Illustration by Joseph Luigi Almuena