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ABOUT 

EDUCATION

Seneca College, Toronto (Graduated with Honours)

  • Public Relations-Corporate Communications

  • Social Media Graduate Certificate

 

Lyceum of the Philippines, Manila

  • B.S. Foreign Service

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The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, University of Texas at Austin 2020

  • Digital Investigations for Journalists: How to follow the digital trail of people and entities (MOOC)

  • Journalism in the Pandemic: Covering COVID-19 Now and in the Future (MOOC)

  • Product strategies for journalism: How to align editorial, audience, business and technology (MOOC) 2021

  • Going Live: Building live journalism in your newsroom (MOOC) 2022

  • How to use ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in your newsrooms (MOOC) 2023

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University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies

  • Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age (online) 2021

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University of Alberta

  • Indigenous Canada (online) 2022
     

Stanford Medicine X Program (Online) 2019

  • Partnering with the Public and Patients in

Medical Research (Certificate with Distinction)

EXPERIENCE

  • News Correspondent, KYODO NEWS MANILA

  • Military/Defense Reporter, PHILIPPINE JOURNAL

  • Diplomatic Reporter, MANILA TIMES

  • Producer/Senior Reporter, NHK TV 

  • Writer/Editor, VERA FILES

  • Digital Marketing Specialist, SENSEI MARKETING

  • PR/Communications Manager - LifeWIRE Group

  • Communications & Community Relations Coordinator - GLENCORE Kidd Operations

FELLOWSHIPS

  • 2016 Kiplinger Fellow for Public Affairs Journalism, Ohio

  • 2016 East-West Center Asia Studies Fellow, Washington DC 

  • 2017 Reporting ASEAN Fellow, Bangkok

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