Macluhan, JVO Fellowship awards winners named
MALOLOS CITY— Investigative journalist Malou Mangahas bagged this year’s Marshall MacLuhan Fellowship award during the 19th Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar (JVOJS) organized by the Center for Media Responsibility (CMFR) in Makati City yesterday.
Mangahas is also one of the seven journalists in the country who earlier were awarded the JVO Fellowship and served as panelists in this year’s seminar.
The other journalists are Henry Omaga-Diaz of ABSCBN Network, Deo Dominick Bugaoisan of GMA Network, Pia Hontiveros Pagkalinawan of Solartv, Ryan Rosauro of the
Philippine Daily Inquirer, Raissa Robles of riassarobles.com, and Lynda Jumilla-Abalos of ABSCBN.
Jumilla- Abalos was last year’s MacLuhan Fellow and was one of the JVO Fellows along with Mangahas.
An executive director of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), Mangahas is the second PCIJ ocial to win the fellowship since 2010, when Ed Lingao bagged the award.
The prestigious Marshall MacLuhan fellowship is awarded by the Canadian Embassy in Manila and supported by the Sun Life of Canada Insurance.
It provides travel and speaking opportunities for the winner in universities in Canada.
James Crystal, charge d’affaires of the Canadian embassy said that the award is a recognition for Filipino journalist who excelled in their job.
The same was echoed by Maribel Ongpin for the winners of their year’s JVO fellowship.
She also urged journalists to continue enlightening the people with regards to pressing issues of the day especially corruption.
The annual JVOJS was also highlighted by the handing of the Sandra Burton Neiman Fellowship to Nini Cabaero of
Sun.Star Cebu.
The award was handed by Rafa Lopa of thr Ninoy and Cory Aquino Foundation (NCAF).
Lopa said that the fellowship is given to Filipino journalist through the NCAF by the Sandra Burton Foundation, an organization named after the late American journalist.
As this developed, the CMFR led a media literacy seminar for students of mass communications after the JVOJS yesterday.
The media literacy seminar was participated by students instructors from universities based in Manila, Bicol and Bulacan. —