Pictures that matter: "If people are licensed to do violence, how far can we go?"
About this episode
This episode features a discussion with photojournalist Alecs Ongcal about the impact of the drug war on media workers and the stories behind significant images from this period.
In “Pictures that matter,” a special mini-series to commemorate the tenth year of the drug war, we talk to media workers who covered one of the bloodiest terms in modern Philippine history and ask them to tell the stories behind the troubling—and powerful—images splashed on our screens and newspapers. What kind of mark did this period leave on these journalists, and how have they made sense of what happened? This episode features photojournalist Alecs Ongcal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Guest: Alecs Ongcal
Topics covered
- drug war
- photojournalism
- media coverage
- Philippine history
- violence
- journalist experiences
Keywords
- drug war
- photojournalism
- Philippines
- Alecs Ongcal
- media workers
- violence
- journalism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: PumaPodcast
Places: Philippines
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