Yvonne T. Chua

YVONNE has been the training director of the PCIJ and a regular writer for i, now I Report, the Center’s quarterly journal, since 1995. She is a professorial lecturer at the University of the Philippines, where she teaches journalism part-time, and editorial consultant of Tulay, Kaisa Para sa Kaunlaran’s fortnightly newpaper. Since January 2003, she has been a member of the Commission on Higher Education’s Technical Committee on Communication.

As journalism trainer, Yvonne has trained scores of journalists in the Philippines and abroad, including Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Nepal and Mongolia. She has spoken about investigative reporting and media and current issues before various groups at home and abroad, among them the Investigative Reporters and Editors in the US, Article XIX in London, the OECD Forum in Paris, the International Corruption Conference in Prague and Transparency International conferences.

Yvonne has won several reporting awards, including first prize in the Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for Investigative Journalism for her report on corruption in textbook procurement for public schools. Her book, “Robbed: An Investigation on Corruption in Philippine Education,” is a National Book Awardee for Journalism. Yvonne was also part of the team that put out the award-winning series on former President Joseph Estrada’s unexplained wealth and excesses in office. The reports formed part of the bases of the impeachment complaint against the former president.