Economic conditions and an ever-evolving information landscape are crippling journalists determined to continue reporting for their communities
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FROM THE WAR ZONE. Veteran journalist Froilan Gallardo reporting from Marawi City in 2017. Photo from Froilan Gallardoby the National Union of Journalists in the Philippines found that 44% of respondents receive a monthly salary of P15,000 and below. 15% of respondents, most of whom are based in the provinces, earn P5,000 and below. Half of the respondents said they were not entitled to holiday pay, hazard pay, and insurance for dangerous or out-of-town assignments.
After what he called “years of navigating an industry full of uncertainty,” Villavecer decided to transition to corporate communications. He admitted the financial stability and benefits made the job more attractive, but what ultimately sold him was “the chance to keep telling stories — just in a different tone and format.”
“The job requires more than the usual 8-to-5. It even takes your weekends, if something happens. And it requires a lot of study, because you don’t know every issue by heart…. Given the wrong working conditions, it burns you out,” Quintos explained. Current and former journalists alike acknowledged that these are symptoms of a larger problem in the industry.
Melinda Quintos de Jesus, executive director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, stressed the importance of having a “firewall” between the advertising and editorial teams, so as to preserve the integrity of a newsroom’s reporting.
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