MISSION OF CJJ

The newsmagazine and the media gallery at Museo Sugbo…

“…help retrieve scraps of the past, record thrusts and changes of the present, inspire, embolden the shaping of Cebu journalism’s future.”

ABOUT CJJ

CJJ is a newsmagazine devoted to media-related issues. A non-profit publication based in Cebu City, primarily aimed to promote the collective interest of Cebu journalism and journalists.

Founded in September 2004 by Atty. Pachico A. Seares, edited and managed with colleagues Cherry Ann T. Lim, Mayette Q. Tabada, and Michelle P. So Published in 12 print editions from 2004 to 2017, shifted to digital starting 2018.

This redesigned CJJ clusters and categorizes past and present articles for easy access and search, with current subjects of interest presented as cover stories.

The project places on one site (a) the more significant materials from 12 print CJJ editions – some of which were initially published online with the technical support of Max T. Limpag and Innopub — and (b) those published when CJJ shifted to digital after CJJ 12 in 2017, with the technical help of Rich Alino, from October 2021 to July 2022 and Lujen Limosnero from then onwards.

MEDIA NOTES

Implementing FOI ordinance of Cebu City

After Mayor Michael Rama signed the FOI (Freedom of Information) Ordinance of 2019 last July 28, 2022, two more steps were taken last May to complete its passage.

Councilor Rey Gealon, committee on laws chairman, sponsored a City Council resolution prodding the mayor to complete the designation of FOI officers at each department and office. Gealon also pressed for the City Council to make the City Legal Office list of exceptions become part of the FOI ordinance, #2647.

Statue, busts at Media Gallery.

Finally, about 12 years after the Cebu Citizens-Press Council (CCPC) opened its CJJ Media Gallery at the Province-owned Museo sa Sugbo in 2010, the statue of Antonio Abad Tormis and the busts of Vicente Sotto, Vicente Rama and Bobby Nalzaro have been installed.

The statue of newspaper editor Tormis is on loan from Rod Ngo. The busts of Sotto and Rama are lent by JavArts and that of broadcaster Bobby Nalzaro, by his friends.