Two-year project supported by the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF) through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Philippines office and implemented by the Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD) in partnership with the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), and Newsbreak Magazine.

Recent natural events in the Philippines demonstrate only too well the vulnerability of many local communities. Threats like volcanic eruptions, tsunami, earthquakes and flash floods are ever present.  There are 12 active volcanoes in the country that lies along the Pacific Ring of Fire. 

While there have been a number of significant gains in local, home-grown efforts to promote the rights-based approach to development in the context of the Millennium Development Goals, high-impact strategies to increase popular awareness and wide public understanding of their implications for the day-to-day lives of citizens need to be further developed and strengthened.

The Asia Foundation (TAF) and the Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD) recently signed an agreement to undertake a two-year project on human trafficking. The project, Strengthening Community Media Capacity and Multi-Sector Strategies to Address Trafficking in Persons, aims to strengthen the capability of community journalists—the print and broadcast media in small towns and cities where the most

The Certificate Course in Public Journalism is a Fellowship offered by the (name of academic institutions) in partnership with the Center for Community Journalism and Development (CCJD). It is open to practicing journalists who have at least two years’ experience and to graduate students wishing to pursue higher communications or journalism studies.

Series of training workshops customized for journalists working in a rural setting around the Philippines. The four-day training involves interactive discussions on the philosophy of public journalism, its guiding principles, tools and techniques and practical applications.