Natashya Gutierrez

Natashya L. Gutierrez
Nationality Filipino
Other names Ashley Gutierrez
Education Yale University, 2010, Cum Laude;
International School Manila, 2006 (High School);
Poveda Learning Center, 2002.
Occupation Journalist
Known for Multimedia reporter for Rappler

Natashya Gutierrez, sometimes known as Ashley Gutierrez, is a Philippine journalist[1][2][3] best known for her work as a multimedia reporter for internet news organization Rappler.[4][5]

Gutierrez is also the co-founder of Leap Philippine Internships, a program which provides opportunities for US based college students to intern in the Philippines.[6]

Early Life and Education

The middle child of businessman Francis Gutierrez and the former Tina Lazcanotegui,[7] Gutierrez received her elementary education from St. Pedro Poveda College. She then received a scholarship to go to International School Manila (ISM), graduating in 2006[8] with the school formally recognizing her as that year's "Most Outstanding Student".[7] Partly on the basis of her performance at ISM, Yale University offered Gutierrez a full tuition scholarship,[7] which she accepted, and then took up a degree in psychology.[2]Gutierrez graduated cum laude from Yale University in 2010.[2]

As a Yale Journalism Scholar, Gutierrez worked with various publications, was a reporter for the undergraduate-run monthly television newsmagazine YTV News,[9] and was co-editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal of Human Rights.[2] It was her exposure to journalism in college which first piqued her interest in doing journalism at a more professional level.

Rappler

After graduation, Gutierrez first took up a job with a digital marketing firm in New York City and then moved to Dallas to work for a public relations firm. A trip back to the Philippines put her in contact with journalist Maria Ressa, who invited her to become a reporter for Rappler, where she now regularly anchors the daily Rappler Newscast.

Stories in which Gutierrez' coverage have played a significant role include the 2013 Serendra explosion,[3] in which her coverage raised questions about whether the gas responsible for the explosion had been odorless and may thus have made residents unable to detect the leak; and the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam .[4][5]

In August 2013, The latter coverage resulted in Janet Lim-Napoles filing a libel case against Gutierrez, a number of other journalists, and a blogger who had posted pictures allegedly of Napoles' daughter, depicting a supposedly lavish lifestyle.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "More Women We Love: Multimedia Reporter Natashya Gutierrez". Esquire Philippines (Mandaluyong City Philippines: Summit Publishing Co. Inc.) 2 (4): 95. February 2003.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 #WHIPIT: A forum on gender bias today, Ortigas Center, Pasig City: Rappler, Inc., Nov 23, 2013, retrieved 2014-05-18
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pantoja, Bea (June 16, 2013). "30 Under 30: Natashya Gutierrez on Writing At the Frontiers of Journalism". Meg Magazine (Ortigas Center, Pasig, Metro Manila, Philippines: MEGA Publishing Group) (June 2013). Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Napoles sues journalists, blogger for P40M: Daughter hospitalized because of reports, Napoles says, Quezon City, Philippines: ABS-CBNnews.com, 2013-08-27, retrieved 2014-05-18
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Napoles sues Rappler reporter, 6 others, Ortigas Center, Pasig City: Rappler, Inc., Aug 27, 2013, retrieved 2014-05-18
  6. ↑ Who We Are, LEAP Philippine Internships, 2014, retrieved 2014-05-18
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ramirez, Joanne Rae M. (May 30, 2006), PEOPLE By PEOPLE A Filipino heart goes for the American dream, Mandaluyong City: The Philippine Star, retrieved 2014-05-18
  8. ↑ Gutierrez, Natashya (July 2012). "How Social Media Helped a Dream Come True". ISM Alumni Newsletter (Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City: International School Manila). Retrieved 2014-05-18.
  9. ↑ http://www.yale.edu/ytv/ytvnews/team.html