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(File photo) MANILA - The incoming Marcos administration is crafting a "more expansive" policy that will give media workers in the country more protection and benefits, Press Secretary-designate Trixie Cruz-Angeles said Wednesday. "We are always concerned about the safety of our journalists. We are crafting possibly a new policy on this one. Possibly, [we will] also make it a little more expansive," Cruz-Angeles said during the Laging Handa briefing. She issued the statement, as she acknowledged the National Press Club's (NPC) appeal for the incoming Marcos administration to continue supporting the operations of the Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMs). Cruz-Angeles said the promotion of journalists' welfare would be included in the expanded policy. The updated policy, she said, would help media practitioners cope with the Covid-19 pandemic. "So, you know we are looking into welfare not just safety or protection because apparently the curr