GMA News' Stand For Truth Strengthens Online Stance With Compelling Exclusives

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ENTERTAINMENT | August 19, 2020

The mobile journalism team behind GMA News and Public Affairs' Stand For Truth which has been gaining tremendous success on both Facebook and YouTube since its inception in April 2019 (Image Source: GMA Network)

Since its inception in April 2019, GMA News and Public Affairs' pioneering daily mobile journalism newscast Stand For Truth continues to strengthen its stance as one of the leading online news sources in the Philippines as it records highly impressive views on Facebook and YouTube for its compelling and exclusive stories aired weeknights and eventually streamed on-demand. For the month of July, SFT recorded a total of 22.3 million video views on its official Facebook page which was launched just this year with more than 200,000 followers to date.

Among the top videos contributed to the newscast's high volume of views is award-winning broadcast journalist and documentarist Atom Araullo's "Di Mapigil Na Krisis: A Stand For Truth COVID-19 Mid-Year Report". Raking in at about 426,000 views, "Di Mapigil Na Krisis" is a consolidated report that aims to show how the national government has responded to the crisis from the day the pandemic was announced to the end of the first half of 2020. It includes a relevantly riveting timeline and the Philippines' parallellism with other countries plus reports given by the World Health Organization (WHO). On the other hand, Nico Waje's exclusive stories, "Ex-Policeman Project: Illegal Construction Sa Watershed" and "Baklas Sa Baras: Illegal Construction, Binaklas Na", garnered more than 723,000 combined views. These stories have exposed an illegal construction project in a watershed and protected area in Baras, Rizal. Ten days after the airing of the first part of the report last July 22nd, the illegal construction will be officially demolished by the LGUs as announced by the Masungi GeoReserve Foundation, DENR and PENRO-Rizal.

Stand For Truth has been producing stories picked up by mainstream news outlets that create public awareness, leading concerned groups and authorities to take much needed action. On top of these exclusive reports and special features, some of the most watched videos on SFT's official Facebook page include "Women's Desk: No Police Escort" by MJ Escudero which has garnered more than 1.8 million views since July 9. Three more stories by Waje have also gained high views including "Pinalayas Ni Sinas" with 1.4 million views, "Hostage Taking Sa East Avenue Medical Center" with 1.3 million views, and "High Profile Inmate, Buhay Raw" with 1 million views. Rounding off the most viewed stories for the previous month was Jairo Bolledo's "Patay Pero Gumaling Sa COVID-19" which has 930,000 views. Meanwhile, STF registered a combined total of 2.3 million views on the official YouTube channels of GMA News and GMA Public Affairs.

Aside from Waje, Geronimo and Bolledo, producing their stories through their mobile phones are Manal Sugadol, Shai Lagarde, Izzy Lee and JM Encinas. Joining Araullo, on the other hand, is GMA News' resident political analyst Richard Heydarian. Catch Stand For Truth every night at 9:00 pm on its official Facebook page as well as the official YouTube channels of GMA News and GMA Public Affairs.