GMA Network lights candles for 31 slain journalists in Maguindanao
12/08/2009 | 11:07 PM
Fifteen days after 31 journalists were mercilessly slaughtered in what media organizations worldwide called as the “worst loss of life in a day in the history of journalism," media personnel from the GMA Network on Tuesday lit candles for their fallen colleagues.
All clad in black, GMA Network employees and members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) held a candlelight vigil in front the GMA Network Center in Quezon City to call for justice for the 31 reporters who were killed in the November 23 massacre in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.
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GMA News and Public Affairs Vice President for News Jessica Soho said in a speech during the ceremony that the carnage in Maguindanao immensely changed the conduct of journalism in the country.
“Napakalaking epekto nito sa ating propesyon. Kasi noon, akala natin, kapag nagsama-sama tayo, kapag nagbuklod-buklod tayo, ligtas tayo. Nabago ng Maguindanao ang rules ng coverage sa pagbabalita," Soho said.
(This has a huge effect on our profession. Before, we thought that if we stayed together, if we joined forces, we would be safe. The Maguindanao massacre changed the rules of news coverage.)
“Sa amin man, at a loss din kami (Even here among our ranks, we're also at a loss) how to proceed after this tragedy," she added.
Members of the NUJP carried placards saying “End impunity, justice now" while remembering 31 colleagues who got killed in the bloodbath.
In an official statement released a day after the Maguindanao massacre, GMA Network called for the immediate action for the martyred journalists during the incident. [See: Statement of GMA Network on the Maguindanao massacre]
Over 30 media workers from various parts of southern Mindanao were killed while accompanying members of the Mangudadatu clan and their lawyers in a convoy that traveled from Buluan town towards the Maguindanao capital of Shariff Aguak to file the certificate of candidacy of Datu Ismail "Toto" Mangudadatu, who was not in the convoy. [See: The official list of 30 media martyrs of Maguindanao]
The incident, which claimed a total of 57 lives, was condemned by various press organizations worldwide, calling it as “the bloodiest in the history of journalism." [See: Worst loss of life in one day 'in the history of journalism'] - Andreo C. Calonzo/JV, GMANetwork.TV
All clad in black, GMA Network employees and members of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) held a candlelight vigil in front the GMA Network Center in Quezon City to call for justice for the 31 reporters who were killed in the November 23 massacre in Ampatuan town in Maguindanao.
For the latest Philippine news stories and videos, visit GMANews.TV
GMA News and Public Affairs Vice President for News Jessica Soho said in a speech during the ceremony that the carnage in Maguindanao immensely changed the conduct of journalism in the country.
“Napakalaking epekto nito sa ating propesyon. Kasi noon, akala natin, kapag nagsama-sama tayo, kapag nagbuklod-buklod tayo, ligtas tayo. Nabago ng Maguindanao ang rules ng coverage sa pagbabalita," Soho said.
(This has a huge effect on our profession. Before, we thought that if we stayed together, if we joined forces, we would be safe. The Maguindanao massacre changed the rules of news coverage.)
“Sa amin man, at a loss din kami (Even here among our ranks, we're also at a loss) how to proceed after this tragedy," she added.
Members of the NUJP carried placards saying “End impunity, justice now" while remembering 31 colleagues who got killed in the bloodbath.
In an official statement released a day after the Maguindanao massacre, GMA Network called for the immediate action for the martyred journalists during the incident. [See: Statement of GMA Network on the Maguindanao massacre]
Over 30 media workers from various parts of southern Mindanao were killed while accompanying members of the Mangudadatu clan and their lawyers in a convoy that traveled from Buluan town towards the Maguindanao capital of Shariff Aguak to file the certificate of candidacy of Datu Ismail "Toto" Mangudadatu, who was not in the convoy. [See: The official list of 30 media martyrs of Maguindanao]
The incident, which claimed a total of 57 lives, was condemned by various press organizations worldwide, calling it as “the bloodiest in the history of journalism." [See: Worst loss of life in one day 'in the history of journalism'] - Andreo C. Calonzo/JV, GMANetwork.TV
