Romero Lopez
Mr.
PressOnePH
PressONE.PH is an independent news and information website covering the Philippines for Filipino and global audiences. Our mission is to provide OPINION and NEWS that EMPOWER readers and help them make sense of the digital and interconnected world. Behind PressONE.PH is a team of experienced reporters and editors committed to the cause of responsible journalism and the free press for the common good, and the fight against disinformation and propaganda.
PressONE.PH will be deliberate in its news coverage, believing that good journalism requires verification and credible sourcing especially in the era of 24/7 news, digital platforms and social media. We hold that journalism is essentially a discipline of verification whose first obligation is to the truth and whose first loyalty is to the citizens (Kovach and Rosenstiel, 2014). Getting it right, we believe, is more important than getting it first. Our editorials and opinion columns will be informative and insightful, and responsible but bold in their views. PressONE.PH upholds Filipino faith, culture and values as well as dialogue and the free exchange of ideas.
PressONE.PH is owned and operated by PressOnePH News and Information Service Inc., a media organization that harnesses the various digital platforms in propagating its content – news, features, opinion, and others – produced by journalists with a partiality for the truth and the common good.
PressONE.PH will be deliberate in its news coverage, believing that good journalism requires verification and credible sourcing especially in the era of 24/7 news, digital platforms and social media. We hold that journalism is essentially a discipline of verification whose first obligation is to the truth and whose first loyalty is to the citizens (Kovach and Rosenstiel, 2014). Getting it right, we believe, is more important than getting it first. Our editorials and opinion columns will be informative and insightful, and responsible but bold in their views. PressONE.PH upholds Filipino faith, culture and values as well as dialogue and the free exchange of ideas.
PressONE.PH is owned and operated by PressOnePH News and Information Service Inc., a media organization that harnesses the various digital platforms in propagating its content – news, features, opinion, and others – produced by journalists with a partiality for the truth and the common good.
ROMERO “ROMMEL” F. LOPEZ is the Associate Editor of PressOne.PH and one of the hosts of its commentary podcast, The Press Room. Prior to joining PressOne.PH, he was a freelance journalist covering the politics and religion beat. He is a founding director of the Philippine Association for Media and Information Literacy (PAMIL) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Philippines Communication Society (PCS). He is also a member of the Journalism Studies Association of the Philippines (JSAP). He teaches journalism and communication courses at the undergraduate programs of the De La Salle University – Dasmariñas and the University of Nueva Caceres – Bataan and at the graduate programs of the University of Sto. Tomas and the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication. He is currently finishing his Doctor of Communication degree at the University of the Philippines - Open University.
rommel.lopez@pressone.ph