{"id":4536,"date":"2021-01-02T18:52:31","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T18:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiofree.org\/?p=145561"},"modified":"2021-01-02T18:52:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T18:52:31","slug":"former-rappler-reporter-carmela-fonbuena-is-new-head-of-pcij","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/02\/former-rappler-reporter-carmela-fonbuena-is-new-head-of-pcij\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Rappler reporter Carmela Fonbuena is new head of PCIJ"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>Carmela Fonbuena … recently launched a book on the Marawi siege on Mindanao Island, in the Philippines which she covered on the ground in 2017. Image: Rappler<\/div>\n
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Pacific Media Watch<\/a> newsdesk<\/em><\/p>\n

The Philippine Center For Investigative Journalism (PCIJ)<\/a> has named former Rappler<\/em> reporter and book author Carmela Fonbuena as its next executive editor, reports Rappler.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased that Carmela has decided to be at the helm of PCIJ at a time when journalism in the Philippines and elsewhere is facing challenges on multiple fronts,\u201d the PCIJ said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The transition comes at a time when freedom of the press is under siege in the Philippines<\/a> by the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, whose allies have sought to bring down independent news outlets critical of his administration.<\/p>\n

Fonbuena succeeds Malou Mangahas<\/a>, who led the PCIJ for 11 years, visited New Zealand as guest speaker of the Pacific Media Centre during its 10th anniversary celebration, and retired in early 2020.<\/p>\n

Floreen Simon, who stood in as acting executive director during the transition, will become the deputy executive director while still heading PCIJ\u2019s training desk.<\/p>\n

Fonbuena\u2019s work<\/strong>
Fonbuena has been a journalist for 17 years, and has co-written four books on Philippine elections and government contracting.<\/p>\n

She recently launched a book on the Marawi siege<\/a> on Mindanao Island, which she covered on the ground in 2017.<\/p>\n

Fonbuena was a senior reporter for Rappler<\/em> from 2011 to 2018 and was the head researcher of GMA\u2019s Bawal ang Pasaway<\/em> public affairs programme. Prior, she worked as a researcher for the investigative news magazine, Newsbreak<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Recently, she has been contributing in-depth pieces for the British news website, The Guardian.<\/em><\/p>\n

She earned an MA in political communication at Cardiff University in the United Kingdom as a Chevening scholar, and is a graduate of journalism from the University of the Philippines in Diliman.<\/p>\n

Asia Pacific Report republishes Rappler articles with permission.<\/em><\/p>\n

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