MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Daily Inquirer won top awards in three of five print categories in the 42nd Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA), held virtually for the first time on Saturday. ADVERTISEMENTIt bagged the best special feature, best news photograph, and best editorial cartoon awards, besting other finalists from print publications with national circulation in the professional category. Pabillo said the awards this year were aimed at honoring the “difficult but necessary work of media in our day-to-day life,” given the “many threats to their work” in the advent of fake news and cyberbullying. ADVERTISEMENT“That’s why we consider them (the media), as front-liners,” he said. “There are creeping efforts to suppress press freedom and the freedom of expression.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 20, 2020 21:00 UTC