Philippines

Members of the media across the country belonging from Philippine Network of Environmental Journalists (PNEJ) organization underwent a two-day workshop on plastic pollution in the Philippines sponsored by Internews. One of the issues discussed was the immense volume of plastic trash in Manila Bay.

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Engineer Eligio Ildefonso, chief of the Solid Waste Management Division of the Environmental Management Bureau in Mindanao, Philippines, spoke at a two-day media workshop on plastic pollution organized by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network.

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The workshop covered the topics of monitoring and evaluation approaches, gender inclusion, digital literacy, journalist safety and data journalism.

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For communicating climate reality, journalists Howie Severino (GMA 7), Imelda Abano (PNEJ), Atom Araullo (ABS-CBN), and Voltaire Tupaz (Rappler) are recognized at the premiere screening of the documentary "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to power," on Monday, August 28.

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Fake news, misinformation and conspiracy theories erupted into Western media during the 2016 United States presidential election. Yet in many media markets around the globe, these are longstanding challenges.

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