The Manila Standard newspaper marks its 38th anniversary, reflecting on its journey through significant historical periods and the evolving nature of journalism. The article emphasizes the newspaper's commitment to core journalistic values while acknowledging the challenges posed by the digital age and the increasing demands of the public.
In 1987, we began our journey during a critical period of history. There was a struggle between the old and the new, and the sense of having a clean slate on which to start over. As a nation, and as a newspaper, we could be anything we wanted to be.
Through it all, and through the various dilemmas, we held fast to the values of journalism that brought us here in the first place. Every day is a struggle. And now the age of information has occasioned changes we never even imagined when we first saw print. Then, we were imbued with a certain sense of mission, yes, but also a sense of smugness that we were the gatekeepers, the more enlightened ones whose job it was to tell the public what was important, what was not, and how to think about issues.
But we are not too old, either. We have years and years before us, many more histories in the making – for isn’t that what journalism is? We will witness how technology will further evolve and change us all for good or bad. How our roles in the media will be challenged and shaped anew both by the winds of change and by the old ills that have hounded us for long.
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