HIGHLIGHTS: PH+SocialGood: Tacloban #2030NOW

Kelli is the founding Executive Director of the Global Center for Journalism and Democracy (GCJD). Additionally, Arena is the first recipient of the Dan Rather Chair of Journalism. Arena came to SHSU from Washington, D.C. where she was CNN’s Justice and Investigative Correspondent. She is a globally recognized, award-winning journalist with decades of experience in national and international newsrooms. Well known for her work at CNN, she is also an internationally renowned moderator, engaging some of the world’s most notable and creative thinkers.

As the first recipient of the Dan Rather Chair of Journalism, Arena was hired to bring national attention to SHSU’s journalism department. During her tenure, Arena has developed journalism courses and workshops, created a GCJD speaker series, and has overseen SHSU’s student-run news program Channel 7 News.

This girl has been live tweeting way back when it was not yet a thing in the Philippines. Stacy is the youngest member of Rappler’s Core team. A pioneer in her field, this 20-something heads the Social Media Team.

While a student, she was awarded twice at the Malacañan Palace in 2007. After earning her bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication – cum laude – in 2010 from AMA University, she went on to be one of the first social media producers and project leads for GMA Network, Inc.’s social media accounts. At GMA, she was also part of the team that first handled their citizen journalism arm and digital news gathering efforts.

Patricia is a writer, producer and videographer.

She has covered the refugee camps of Burma and the killing fields of Maguindanao. She was first published as a youth columnist by the Philippine Star, and then went on to write a weekly column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer’s opinion section that ran for nine years.  Patricia had her start in television journalism as a production assistant for ANC, the ABS-CBN News Channel. She went on to produce a number of programs and documentaries, including the groundbreaking narrative series, Storyline. 

She is a fellow of the South East Asian Press Alliance, a Titus Brandsma Awardee for Emergent Journalism and was part of Devex’s 2012 40 under 40. Her various television projects have been recipients of a number of local awards including the Gawad Tanglaw, the Catholic Mass Media Award, as well as three New York Festivals medals. She writes analysis for Rappler’s Thought Leaders section and is a field reporter for disaster and human rights. She continues to produce political profiles as well as human interest portraits.

Leopoldo Dominico Petilla is currently serving his first term as governor of Leyte. He comes from the Loreto-Cari-Petilla clan, a well-entrenched political family in the province. He is the younger brother of Energy Secretary and former Leyte governor Jericho Petilla.

Maria is CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler.com. She has been a journalist in Asia for more than 25 years, most of them as CNN’s bureau chief in Manila then Jakarta. Maria was one of the founders of independent production company, Probe. For 6 years, she set strategic directions and managed more than 1,000 journalists for the Philippines’ largest news group, ABS-CBN. Her latest book, “From Bin Laden to Facebook,” is part of her work as the Author-in-Residence and Senior Fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence & Terrorism Research in Singapore. She was named the Southeast Asia Visiting Scholar at CORE Lab at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.