Manuel Mogato is a Filipino

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-winning journalist and the editor-at-large of independent news websit
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Concurrently, he serves as the defense editor of One News, a television news channel under Cignal TV.

Career

Graduating from the

Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila The Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (from 'University of the City of Manila', abbreviated as PLM) is a city-government-funded local university situated inside the historic walled area of Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. It was established on ...

in 1983, Mogato began his journalistic career as a crime, military, and political reporter for local newspapers. For example, he was the graveyard shift police reporter for People's Journal Tonight and later for the revived Manila Ties under Chino Roces until April 1986. He covered the defense and military establishments for the defunct Manila Chronicle during the turbulent years of Corazon "Cory" Aquino government. He was also the assistant news editor for the Manila Times when the newspaper was run by the Gokongwei family for ten years up to 1999 when it was sold due to political pressure from the government of Joseph Estrada. He had also worked for the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun for a total of seven years covering politics, security, and diplomacy before he moved to Reuters in 2003. He reported on the downfall of dictator

Ferdinand Marcos Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. ( , , ; September 11, 1917 – September 28, 1989) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who was the 10th president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He ruled under martial ...

and the

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in 1986, the successful bid for the presidency of

Fidel V. Ramos Fidel Valdez Ramos (, ; March 18, 1928 – July 31, 2022), popularly known as FVR and Eddie Ramos, was a Filipino general and politician who served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He was the only career military ...

in 1992, numerous failed coups from the late 1980s until early 2000s, and the ouster of

Joseph Estrada Joseph Ejercito Estrada, (; born Jose Marcelo Ejercito; April 19, 1937), also known by the nickname Erap, is a Filipino politician and former actor. He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice preside ...

in 2001, among other important news. Also he wrote about disasters and humanitarian crises including the Luzon earthquake in 1990 and the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991. Reporting for

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as a political and general news Manila-based correspondent since 2003, Mogato has traveled across

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covering

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and

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Summits, the occupation of Marawi by pro-Islamic militants,

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, regional pandemics, and other topics. In addition to being a journalist, he started teaching basic newswriting and editorial writing at Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila as a part-time lecturer in 2011. In 2019, Mogato left Reuters to become the defense and diplomacy editor at cable TV news channel, Cigtal TV's OneNews name=prone>

Awards

The work of the journalist is highly appreciated by the professional and political community. During his career he was awarded the Human Rights Press Awards; a

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fellowship; two awards from the London-based

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. His work was also noted by

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in 1979, Society of Publishers in Asia in 2013,

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, and the Rotary Club of Manila. Mogato, alongside two other Reuters journalists

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and Andrew Marshall, won a

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in 2018. Colleagues were recognized for exposing "the brutal killing campaign behind

Philippines President The president of the Philippines ( fil, Pangulo ng Pilipinas, sometimes referred to as ''Presidente ng Pilipinas'') is the head of state, head of government and chief executive of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of t ...

Rodrigo Duterte Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...

’s war on drugs." Mogato is the second Manila-based Filipino journalist and the seventh Filipino to win a Pulitzer. His award was welcomed as a significant achievement by former president

formally congratulated Mogato with a congratulatory note.

References

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