Incoming PCOO chief: “We are pushing for the accreditation of bloggers to be invited to some of the briefings”
PCOO — Incoming Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said that the Presidential Communications Operations Office under President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr will be pushing for the accreditation of bloggers to attend the Presidential press briefings.
Access to Palace coverage or Malacañang events is usually limited to journalists in online news outfits, TV networks, and newspapers.
Pro-administration bloggers played a role during Bongbong’s presidential campaign, with some of them given priority access during UniTeam campaign sorties.
“We are pushing for the accreditation of bloggers to be invited to some of the briefings especially those conducted by the President-elect,” she said during the “Laging Handa” public briefing. “Yun pa lang po, yun ang isa sa aming na-formulate na priority for the incoming PCOO.“
GMA News Online reported that a similar effort was also broached during former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s administration but it didn’t gain ground.
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The incoming PCOO chief added that the regular Presidential press briefings will be done once to twice a week, but she couldn’t say if all journalists will be allowed to be physically present in order to cover events graced by the President-elect.
She also said that they will “look at existing policies first”, adding that they will determine and make a decision later on as to how appropriate the policies are for the current time.
“We’ll have to wait and see pending a review of all existing policies regarding the coverage in Malacañang,” she said.
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