Investigative reports can now be candidates for creative output at the University of the Philippines even as the criteria for getting them counted as such remain steep. But getting them accepted as research or scholarly work is an altogether different story. Academia still needs a lot of convincing to accept that rigorous investigative journalism, considered the highest form of journalism, employs the scientific method and contributes to new knowledge like academic research.
This study examines thirteen speeches of President Rodrigo Duterte that contain lines, paragraphs, and expletives directed against the Roman Catholic Church, to determine if they are forms of hate speech. These speeches were delivered from August 2016, two months after he assumed office, up to May 2017. These rhetorical resources were directed toward the Church and its clergy, which criticized Duterte’s war on drugs, and they have been analyzed using a modified version of the dangerous speech framework of the U.S.-based Dangerous Speech Project (Benesch, 2013), which has five rhetorical elements: speaker, content and its context, audience, medium, and response. This study defines hate speech as a speech that attacks personal dignity, dehumanizes groups, incites discrimination, advocates hostility, creates a social wedge, and imputes a crime.
Myanmar has but one degree program in journalism. The National Management College, an affiliate of the University of Yangon, has been offering the BA Journalism program since 2007. Problem is, the program is no longer responsive to the requirements of an emerging democracy, having been formulated by the Ministry of Information in a then-repressive military regime. With help from UNESCO, the NMC has taken the first step towards reshaping the program by conducting a thorough review of its curriculum and other program components.
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