Journalism Awards

Launched in 1966, the Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards was organized to honor outstanding contributions of individuals in the tri-media: print, television and radio thus encouraging the proper development of Philippine Journalism. In 1972, however, RCM stopped giving the award. The silent message was that since there was no real freedom of the press, there was no sense in holding the awards. It was relaunched 14 years later in 1986 to encourage the proper development of Philippine Journalism.