Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism

Founded	1989; 35 years ago (1989)
Focus	Investigative journalism
Headquarters	No. 11 Matimtiman Street, UP Village Central 1101, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines^[1]
Website	https://pcij.org/

The Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) is a non-profit media organization specializing in investigative journalism. It is based in Quezon City, Philippines. Established in 1989 by nine Filipino journalists, the organization funds investigative projects for both the print and broadcast media.^[2]^[3]

It has published over 1,000 investigative reports and over 1,000 articles in Philippine newspapers and magazines, produced documentaries and published more than two dozen books^[2] on current issues. The center also offers writing fellowships to deserving reporters, journalists, and academics.

PCIJ is one of three Philippine organizations belonging to the Global Investigative Journalism Network.^[4]

History

Beginnings

Sheila Coronel, Petronilo Daroy, Lorna Kalaw-Tirol, Malou Mangahas, Horacio Severino, Rosario Tanedo, Rigoberto Tiglao, Marites Vitug, and Virgilio Vitug founded the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism in 1989.^[3]

1990s

In 1990, PCIJ published Kudeta: the Challenge to Philippine Democracy, a joint collaboration with the Photojournalists' Guild of the Philippines.^[5] It examined the Philippine Military, its rebel factions, the civil government, and society. The book won a Best Book Award from the Catholic Mass Media Awards.^[6]

In 1999, PCIJ published Her Stories: Investigative Reports on Filipino Women in the 1990s.^[3] It presented articles from reputable newspapers across the nation, examining the viewpoints of women across various sectors.^[7]

2010s

In 2016, PCIJ organized a series of workshop on investigating election finance, funded by the National Endowment for Democracy.^[8]

In 2017, PCIJ launched the PCIJ Story Project. It provides grants for projects that expose human rights abuses, misuse of public funds, and threats to free expression and press freedom.^[9]

Organization

A board of editors, mostly composed of the center's founders, holds monthly meetings. A board of advisers also convenes to help determine the direction the center's endeavors will take. The center employs a 13-person staff headed by an executive director. The staff also includes five journalists, an office manager, a marketing coordinator, a researcher, and a librarian.

Awards

The PCIJ has been awarded nine National Book Awards, a Catholic Mass Media Award, and dozens of Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Investigative Journalism.^[6]

The PCIJ has also won the Agence France-Presse's Kate Webb Award and the AJA Award for Press Freedom from the Asia Journalist Association.^[6]

References

^ "About the PCIJ - Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism". July 8, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "About the PCIJ". Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Detoito, Elizabeth (2005). "Engendering Change-Women in Media NGOs in the Philippines" (PDF). Ritsumeikan Social Sciences Review. 41 (3): 53–72.
^ "Members Archive". Global Investigative Journalism Network. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
^ Journalism, Photojournalists' Guild of the Philippines Philippine Center For Investigative (January 1, 1990). Kudeta: The challenge to Philippine democracy. Manila?: Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism : Photojournalists' Guild of the Philippines. ISBN 978-971-8686-00-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism". pcij.org. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
^ "Her Stories: Investigative Reports on Filipino Women in the 1990s". cpcabrisbane.org. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
^ "PHILIPPINES 2020". National Endowment for Democracy. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
^ "PCIJ launches project to support creative storytelling". Rappler. Retrieved April 4, 2018.