Margarita Ortigas (generally known as Marga Ortigas) is a writer and media communications consultant who previously worked as a correspondent for Al Jazeera English.

Career

Marga Ortigas
is a writer, journalist, and media professional who blogs and does consulting work. She has over 25 years experience in broadcasting in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Early work

Ortigas began her career as a news anchor, reporter, and producer at

ABS-CBN ABS-CBN (an initialism of its two predecessors' names, Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network) is a Philippine commercial broadcast network that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company unde ...

, and

GMA Network GMA Network (Global Media Arts or simply GMA) is a Philippine free-to-air television and radio network. It is the flagship property of publicly traded GMA Network, Inc. Its first broadcast on television was on October 29, 1961. GMA Network (f ...

, in the Philippines.

CNN International

Ortigas was a field producer, editor, and reporter with

CNN International CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNN International carries news-related programming worldwide; it cooperates with sister network CNN's national and inte ...

news based in London from 2000 to 2005 and spent considerable time in Baghdad and the Middle East on assignment.

Al Jazeera English

Ortigas was the Senior Asia

correspondent A correspondent or on-the-scene reporter is usually a journalist or commentator for a magazine, or an agent who contributes reports to a newspaper, or radio or television news, or another type of company, from a remote, often distant, locati ...

for Al Jazeera English, travelling the region extensively for 11 years. She covered all aspects including the growth of China, tensions on the Korean peninsula, cross-border and internal conflicts among ASEAN states, and the many natural disasters around Asia. She also reported extensively on both the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, and the Great East Japan quake in 2011. Ortigas is one of the original correspondents of Al Jazeera English, having joined the channel at its inception in 2005. A strong multi-media story-teller, she is on Twitter
Facebook
and other platforms. She also keeps a blog o
www.i-migrant.com
In 2011, Ortigas was recognised by the

International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC; french: Comité international de la Croix-Rouge) is a humanitarian organization which is based in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is also a three-time Nobel Prize Laureate. State parties (signato ...

for Humanitarian Reporting.

Early life

Ortigas was educated at

Ateneo de Manila University , mottoeng = Light in the Lord , type = Private, research, non-profit, coeducational basic and higher education institution , established = December 10, 1859 , religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic ( Jesuits) , academic ...

where she studied journalism and communications, and at th
University of Greenwich
(UK) where she gained a Masters in Literature as
British Council Chevening scholar
In addition to English, she speaks Spanish and Tagalog.

Filmography

* 1991-1996: GMA News Live (

) * 1992-1996:

GMA Network News Below is a partial list of shows that were previously aired on the Philippine television network, GMA Network. For the currently aired shows of the network, see the list of programs broadcast by GMA Network. Original programming News Drama ;An ...

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References

External links

Al Jazeera English - About us - Field correspondentsAl Jazeera English Al Jazeera Blogs: Marga OrtigasMarga Ortigas Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ortigas, Marga Al Jazeera people CNN people Living people Ateneo de Manila University alumni Alumni of the University of Greenwich Filipino expatriates in the United Kingdom Filipino expatriates in Hong Kong Filipino journalists Filipino women journalists Year of birth missing (living people)