Maria Ceres Doyo

Maria Ceres P. Doyo is a Filipino journalist, author, human rights activist, and feminist{{Cite journal |last=Forbes |first=Amy |date=2015 |title=Courageous women in media: Marcos and censorship in the Philippines |url=https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/38499/3/38499%20Forbes%202015%20accepted%20version.pdf |journal=Pacific Journalism Review |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=195–210 |doi=10.24135/pjr.v21i1.157 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901033159/https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/38499/3/38499%20Forbes%202015%20accepted%20version.pdf |url-status=live }}https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/38499/3/38499%20Forbes%202015%20accepted%20version.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901033159/https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/38499/3/38499%20Forbes%202015%20accepted%20version.pdf |date=September 1, 2021 }} best known as a columnist and staff writer for the Philippine Daily Inquirer,{{Cite news |date=2019-04-08 |title=A portrait of the Filipino as courageous journalist |language=en-US |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/331117/a-portrait-of-the-filipino-as-courageous-journalist/ |access-date=2021-09-01 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901162630/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/331117/a-portrait-of-the-filipino-as-courageous-journalist/ |url-status=live }} for her numerous books on Philippine journalism,{{Cite web |date=2013-03-21 |title=[Off the shelf] Human Face, a Journalist's encounter and awakening by Ma. Ceres P. Doyo |url=https://hronlineph.com/2013/03/22/off-the-shelf-human-face-a-journalists-encounter-and-awakening-by-ma-ceres-p-doyo/ |access-date=2021-09-01 |website=Human Rights Online Philippines |language=en |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901162630/https://hronlineph.com/2013/03/22/off-the-shelf-human-face-a-journalists-encounter-and-awakening-by-ma-ceres-p-doyo/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2016-11-16 |title=Doyo, Abrera win National Book Awards |language=en-US |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/244052/abrera-doyo-win-national-book-awards/ |access-date=2021-09-01 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901181258/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/244052/abrera-doyo-win-national-book-awards/ |url-status=live }} and for the historical impact of her investigative reports during the martial law under Ferdinand Marcos.{{Cite news |last=Sicam |first=Paulynn |title=Women writers of martial law |work=The Philippine Star |url=https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/modern-living/2014/10/04/1376092/women-writers-martial-law |access-date=2021-09-01 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901033205/https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/modern-living/2014/10/04/1376092/women-writers-martial-law |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=LAPEÑA |first=CARMELA G. |title=Through Marcos years and libel suits, women write on |language=en |work=GMA News and Public Affairs |url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/297216/lifestyle/through-marcos-years-and-libel-suits-women-write-on/ |access-date=2021-09-01 |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123200422/https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/content/297216/through-marcos-years-and-libel-suits-women-write-on/story/ |url-status=live }}

Martial law and journalism career beginnings

Doyo had been a human rights activist before she became a journalist, but decided to cover the murder of Butbut Kalinga pangat (leader) Macli-ing Dulag after his leadership of the opposition to the Chico River Dam Project. The publication of the work in the Manila Bulletin's Panorama magazine led to the firing of its then-editor Letty Jimenez Magsanoc and to Doyo herself being investigated by Marcos' armed forces. The incident proved to be a watershed moment in the mainstream press' coverage of Martial Law, with the media finally being able to publish reports critical of Marcos' authoritarian rule.{{Cite book |title=The Philippine Press Under Siege II |year=1985 |editor-last=Aureus |editor-first=Leonor J.}} The coverage earned Doyo her first major journalistic award, the Catholic Mass Media Awards trophy, given to her by Pope John Paul II during his visit to the Philippines in 1981.

Journalistic career

Beginning with the Chico River Dam Project story, Doyo's career as journalist has spanned four decades. She has written special reports and features, and she writes a popular regular column titled "Human Face" published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalsistersreport.org/authors/ma-ceres-p-doyo|title=Ma. Ceres P. Doyo|website=Global Sisters Report|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901181830/https://www.globalsistersreport.org/authors/ma-ceres-p-doyo|url-status=live}}

Books

Journalist in Her Country : Articles, Essays & Photographs, 1980-1992
Press Freedom under Siege : Reportage that Challenged the Marcos Dictatorship
Macli-ing Dulag : Kalinga Chief, Defender of the Cordillera
You Can't Interview God : Church Women and Men in the News : Selected Columns from the Philippine Daily Inquirer
Bituin and the Big Flood
Human Face : A Journalist's Encounters and Awakenings
The Sisters Have Come a Long Way : A Look at the Lives of Women Religious in the Philippines

Awards

Among the awards Doyo have won over the years include the Catholic Mass Media Award, the National Book Award,{{Cite web|url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/244109/pdis-doyo-abrera-win-national-book-awards/|title=PDI'S Doyo, Abrera win National Book Awards|date=November 16, 2016|website=Inquirer Lifestyle|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=September 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901182730/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/244109/pdis-doyo-abrera-win-national-book-awards/|url-status=live}} and the Jaime V. Ongpin Award.{{Cite web|url=https://pcij.org/about/awards|title=Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism|website=pcij.org|access-date=September 1, 2021|archive-date=October 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010180655/https://pcij.org/about/awards|url-status=live}}

References

Category:Filipino journalists

Category:Philippine Daily Inquirer people

Category:Year of birth missing (living people)

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