INTRODUCTION TO THE ONLINE CHIT ESTELLA READER

     Monuments and physical edifices are often built for people we admire and revere. In memory of Chit Estella-Simbulan (1957 - 2011), we have created THE ONLINE CHIT ESTELLA READER.

     This is our way of keeping her spirit, memory and legacy alive - in her honor - a solid edifice of courage under fire, professionalism, service to the people,  and the highest ethical standards. In the following pages, her life, writings, and reminiscences of her colleagues and friends will tell us how well she lived as a journalist, editor, teacher and friend.  It was a life fully lived, committed to the TRUTH and to the EMPOWERMENT OF THE OPPRESSED. For Chit rightly believed that truth was the best weapon of the oppressed to empower them against corruption, wars and oppression.

     Last June 1, 2011, the House of Representatives, Congress of the Philippines led by House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte passed Congressional House of Representatives Resolution No. 122 " Expressing profound condolence of the entire members of the House of Representatives  on the death of Lourdes Estella Simbulan, Journalist, Editor, Educators and Patriot."

     Then on September 26, 2011, the Quezon City Council (Sangguniang Panglunsod) led by Mayor Herbert Bautista passed City Council Resolution No. 5311 "Recognizing Chit Estella Simbulan's immense contribution as one of the country's premier academicians and journalists, who was a topnotch field reporter and editor whose honesty and integrity was highly respected by her colleagues in the media and even by her sources."


     MABUHAY!

Also see Lourdes Simbulan - WikiPilipinas: The Hip 'n Free Philippine Encyclopedia for more information.

                                        - THE YONIP EDITORS

 Part I

Background profile of the late Chit Estella-Simbulan

Part II : ARTICLES BY CHIT ESTELLA-SIMBULAN

Part II - 1. Profiles

Aquino, Benigno III

Eugenia Apostol

  "Ka Roger" Rosal

 Fidel V. Ramos

  Jim Paredes

 Liberal Party

 Roxas, Manuel

  The Cory years

  The Travails of an Honest Civil Servant

Part II - 2. Media Issues

  Advertisers and Other Owners of Media: The Search for Models of Survival
among Media Organizations

  Asian media : Journalists mull role in restrictive societies

  Editor’s Note: A sliver of good news

  Editor’s Note: Elections and acts of terror

  Editor’s Note: Form and Substance

  Editor’s Note: From Fresh Eyes

  Editor’s Note: In front of the cameras—and behind

  Editor’s Note: Living in a Familiar Time

  Editor’s Note: Making heroes

  Editor’s Note: Now you see them, now you don’t

   Editor’s Note: Of Knights and Emperors

   Editor’s Note: Recognizing power

   Editor’s Note: Rough Spots

   Editor’s Note: Where Time has Stopped

   Editor’s Note: Beyond entertainment

   Editor’s Note: Counting and remembering

   Editor’s Note: Joy in Journalism

   Editor’s Note: Remembering

   Editor’s Note: Some surprises

   The Mystery of the Midnight News

   Heroes of Press Freedom - The Religious Press and the Marcos Years

   Readers are vanishing, publishers are worrying - Will there be Newspapers
Tomorrow?

   THE FUTURE OF NEWSPAPERS by Chit Estella- Simbulan

Part II - 3. Human Rights

   3,000 soldiers, cops face human rights raps; conviction rate ‘dismal’

   Gov’t support for warlords led to human rights abuses

   GENDER SENSITIVITY IN NEWS REPORTING by Chit Estella Simbulan

Part II - 4. Conditions of the People

   Nursing story

   The Performance Evaluation System at the UP College of Mass
Communication: A Critique

   Why the Olalias are not in Bantayog ng mga Bayani

Part II - 5. National Concerns

   Arroyo neglect, government infighting jeopardize RP territorial claim

   Beyond the labyrinth of budget legislation

   Corruptionary: The lingo of corruption

   Former professor unimpressed with PNoy

   Government ignores legal issues, pushes Diwalwal projects

   Palace, lawmakers eye four baseline options

   Poll watch group to seek writ of habeas data

   RP in last-minute scramble to beat UN deadline

   Trillanes fears more skirmishes in Spratlys

Section III Chit's Photos  (opens as a new page)

   CHIT'S PINOY TIMES Editorials

Editors' Note:  Chit served as a field reporter for the opposition daily Pahayagang Malaya, when it was still under the publisher Jose Burgos. Here, Chit experienced being a reporter for all the major beats where she was assigned one after the other:  Foreign Affairs, Justice, Environment, Education, Quezon City Hall, House of Representatives, Senate, and the presidential beat - Malacanang.

Additional PAHAYAGANG MALAYA ARTICLES

Malaya July 26, - August 11, 1986 (PDF)

Malaya August 12 - 15, 1986 (PDF)

Malaya August 17 - Sept. 22, 1986 (PDF)


Adventures with Chit, lessons to keep.

   CHIT'S PAHAYAGANG MALAYA ARTICLES (Part Two)