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Two GMA News Online reporters among the finalists for 2019 Journalism for Equitable Asia Award
Two GMA News Online reporters are among the finalists for the 2019 Journalism for Equitable Asia Award.
Senate beat reporter Donabel Magsino and senior content producer Jessica Bartolome are nominated for their special report on climate change and its effect on farming.
Dona and Jessica followed a group of farmers from Morong Rizal for five long months for the special report, "A Very Long Summer,"
published in August 2019. It detailed the farmers' struggles to survive the dry spells that came with the El Niño phenomenon.Gaea Katreena Cabico of Philstar.com is the only other finalist from the Philippines.
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The Journalism for Equitable Asia Award is co-hosted by Asia Centre and Oxfam Asia. It aims to recognize journalists who use their "skills and voice to expose social issues of inequality to build the public’s understanding and support for equality, #humanrights, and #sustainability. Many journalists across Asia fight the injustice of #inequality and poverty."
There are 13 journalists from all over Asia, who worked on 11 feature stories on the list of finalists for 2019.
Of Dona, Jessica, Gaea and the other finalists, Asia Centre and Oxfam Asia say, "These journalists are exemplary for their reports on the injustices of inequality and poverty." — LA, GMA News