Natashya Gutierrez

Natashya L. Gutierrez
NationalityFilipino
EducationInternational School Manila, 2006 (High School); St. Pedro Poveda College, 2002
Alma materYale University, 2010, cum laude
OccupationJournalist
Known forMultimedia reporting

Natashya Gutierrez, is a Filipino journalist[1][2][3] best known for her work as a multimedia reporter for internet news organization Rappler.[4][5] She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of VICE in Asia-Pacific.

Early life and education

The middle child of businessman Francis Gutierrez and Tina Lazcanotegui,[6] the latter with Spanish ancestry,[7] Gutierrez received her education from St. Pedro Poveda College and International School Manila (ISM), graduating in 2006. Gutierrez graduated cum laude from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2010.[2]

As a Yale Journalism scholar, Gutierrez worked with various publications, was a reporter for the undergraduate-run monthly television newsmagazine YTV News,[7] and was co-editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Human Rights.[2]

Career

Rappler

After graduation, veteran journalist Maria Ressa recruited Gutierrez as a reporter for Rappler, where she regularly anchored the daily Rappler Newscast. Gutierrez was one of the first twelve hires, and part of Rappler's founding team.

Stories in which Gutierrez' coverage have played a significant role include the 2013 Serendra explosion,[3] in which her coverage raised questions about whether the gas responsible for the explosion had been odorless and may thus have made residents unable to detect the leak; and the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.[4][5]

In August 2013, the latter coverage resulted in Janet Lim-Napoles filing a libel case against Gutierrez, a number of other journalists, and a blogger who had posted pictures allegedly of Napoles' daughter, depicting a supposedly lavish lifestyle.[4][5]

Gutierrez also served as Rappler's bureau chief in Indonesia.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "More Women We Love: Multimedia Reporter Natashya Gutierrez". Esquire Philippines. 2 (4). Mandaluyong, Philippines: Summit Publishing Co. Inc.: 95 February 2003.
  2. ^ a b c #WHIPIT: A forum on gender bias today, Ortigas Center, Pasig: Rappler, Inc., Nov 23, 2013, retrieved 2014-05-18
  3. ^ a b Pantoja, Bea (June 16, 2013). "30 Under 30: Natashya Gutierrez on Writing At the Frontiers of Journalism". Meg Magazine (June 2013). Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines: MEGA Publishing Group. Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  4. ^ a b c Napoles sues journalists, blogger for P40M: Daughter hospitalized because of reports, Napoles says, Quezon City, Philippines: ABS-CBNnews.com, 2013-08-27, retrieved 2014-05-18
  5. ^ a b c Napoles sues Rappler reporter, 6 others, Ortigas Center, Pasig: Rappler, Inc., Aug 27, 2013, retrieved 2014-05-18
  6. ^ Ramirez, Joanne Rae M. (May 30, 2006), PEOPLE By PEOPLE A Filipino heart goes for the American dream, Mandaluyong: The Philippine Star, retrieved 2014-05-18
  7. ^ a b "YTV News - Team". www.yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2007-11-09.
  8. ^ "Natashya Gutierrez". Rappler.


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