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Important Announcement from PCIJ
by Sheila S. Coronel

IT is always wonderful to be the bearer of good news. So here it is:
Beginning today, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
will have a new executive director in the person of Malou C. Mangahas,
a veteran journalist who has had a distinguished career in newspapers,
television and the Web.

There is no better person to be at the helm of the PCIJ at this time,
when the country is roiling from yet another political crisis and
needs the kind of reporting for which the PCIJ has been known:
probing, unflinching, nonpartisan.

Malou will preside over the next phase of the PCIJ's life, when the
Center is transitioning to multimedia and Web journalism, and striving
to meet the twin challenges of doing watchdog reporting under a more
restrictive political environment and of sustaining groundbreaking
journalism based on a nonprofit business model.

Read on at http://pcij.org
Post your comments at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2216

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PODCAST
Weighing in on the 'Scrap EO 464' call
by Alecks P. Pabico

IN this podcast, we asked three lawyers -- Theodore Te of the Free
Legal Assistance Group; former UP College of Law Dean Raul
Pangalangan, and Marlon Manuel, spokesperson of the Alternative Law
Groups -- to weigh in on the CBCP call to scrap EO 464. Their views
also serve as a prelude to scheduled oral arguments in the Supreme
Court tomorrow that would further clarify the issue of executive
privilege.

Listen at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2217

PODCAST
Beyond the classroom
by Karol Ilagan

"Our civic duty today," said Dr. Francisco Nemenzo, "is to raise the
level of political discourse so that the usual exchange of platitudes
will give way to serious thinking of what kind of society we want and
how to achieve it."

The former president of the University of the Philippines, delivered
this message in his lecture two weeks ago as part of the ongoing UP
Centennial Lecture Series. In these times when institutions are
falling apart, he said the university has a crucial responsibility in
equipping the public with knowledge and ideas to help them better
understand issues and make informed decisions.

Listen to Dr. Francisco Nemenzo's lecture, "Beyond the Classroom:
Rebuilding a Damaged Nation" at http://pcij.org/blog/?p=2201