Bryant Macale - Profile and Journalist Details

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Biography

I am a journalist working as an editor, writer, and researcher for more than 20 years. I am also into content writing as well as digital, content, social media, and email marketing. Recently, I served as a mentor and editor of the 2nd Asian Media Fellowship on Election Reporting organized by the Bangkok-based Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL). The program seeks to uplift the role of journalists from independent news outlets and freelancers in Asia in empowering the electorate through crucial reporting of underrepresented voices and underreported issues during elections. I worked at Manila's ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC) as News Production Head, overseeing the network's newscasts, programs, specials, and breaking news events. I also served as one of ANC's Production Unit Heads, working with programs such as "The World Tonight" (ANC's flagship news program and Asia's longest-running newscast), "Business Nightly," and "Headstart." I likewise worked as the Executive Producer for the Saturday and Sunday newscasts of the programs "News Now" at 3 PM; "Top Story Weekend;" "Weekend News Prime;" and "The World Tonight." For more than two years, I worked as the Head Writer of "The World Tonight." I also served as the Head Writer of "Tina Monzon Palma Reports," a monthly current affairs program on ANC. Some of my previous assignments and projects included being the program director of the Philippine Press Institute, the country's association of newspapers, for a year; the Philippine researcher for Internews Europe on its Southeast Asian project on human rights and freedom of expression; as well as an editor, editorial content director, and website manager for an Australian-based digital news media company. For 12 years, I worked for the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR) as senior staffwriter. I served as the managing editor of CMFR's Philippine Journalism Review Reports (PJR Reports), the country's first media-monitoring publication. In 2009, I received an Asia Media Forum Fellowship. My fellowship study analyzed the press freedom situation and the culture of impunity in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand. In 2008, I received the “Emerging Leaders in Asian Newsroom” Fellowship from the Asian Center for Journalism, allowing me to pursue a Master of Arts degree in Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University. The Asian Center for Journalism also awarded me a three-month grant in 2006 to study conflict and peace reporting. I graduated with a journalism degree (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines.

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Total articles 5

• US presidential elections: Implications for Manila-Washington alliance, South China Sea

  By Bryant Macale

  Oct. 03, 2024

• US presidential elections: Implications for Manila-Washington alliance, South China Sea

  By Bryant Macale

  Oct. 03, 2024

• Analysts: US missile deployment expected to assist Philippines’ defense

  By Bryant Macale

  Apr. 23, 2024

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