Sheila S. Coronel

Sheila Coronel, "Philippines, is executive director of the Manila-based Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism, an independent, nonprofit agency specializing in investigative reporting. The Center has published nearly two dozen books and over 200 articles in major Philippine newspapers since its founding in 1989. Coronel is also editor of i, the Center's quarterly investigative reporting magazine, which focuses on political, environmental, and military issues. She previously worked for the Philippine Panorama Magazine and  The Manila Chronicle and was also the Manila correspondent for  The New York Times. In 1993, she published a collection of reportage titled,  Coups, Cults and Cannibals. In 2003, she won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts. She has also been named to the Hall of Fame Jaime V. Ongpin Awards for investigative reporting in the Phillipines. Asiaweek magazine named Coronel among the 50 most powerful communicators in Asia in 2001."


 * Director, Fund for Independence in Journalism
 * Director, Center for National Security Studies
 * Member, International Consortium of Investigative Journalists