Marites vitug biography

Newsbreak, Philippines

Vitug told the IWMF: “The Courage Award gave me a mantle of protection.

It was a big, joyful boost!

Marites Javier Dañguilan Vitug is a Filipina journalist and author who co-founded the news magazine Newsbreak.

Marites Vitug, a leading Filipino investigative journalist and author, is editor-at-large for Rappler and chair emeritus of the Journalism for Nation.

Marites Javier Dañguilan Vitug is a Filipina journalist and author who co-founded the news magazine Newsbreak.

MARITES DANGUILAN VITUG is an author and editor-in-chief of NEWSBREAK, an online news and current affairs magazine in the Philippines, with occasional.

MARITES DAÑGUILAN VITUG is one of the Philippines' most accomplished and respected investigative journalists, winning awards and public recognition for her.

Sometimes, we need moments like this, to reassure us that we’re doing good work. I felt safe because of the international attention it gave me. I knew that people would think twice before doing me harm.”

Later in 1991, she began expanding her articles and investigations into a book, The Politics of Logging: Power from the Forest, which was published in 1993 and won the Philippines’ National Book Award.

A lawsuit against her was dropped five years after it was filed and the timber tycoon moved to Vietnam where he took up car manufacturing – “and maybe logging,” said Vitug.

The stories she wrote, the ensuing lawsuit over them and the international recognition that she garnered because of them taught her a lot, said Vitug.

“When you’re trying to do a good job, all you have to do is st