Micaela Papa
Papa at the BBC in 2016
Born1989 (age 3435)
Alma materRoyal Holloway University of London
University of the Philippines - Diliman
OccupationJournalist
Career
Show24 Oras
Brigada
I-Witness
NetworkGMA Network
BBC
CountryPhilippines
Websitewww.gmanetwork.com/news/video/reporters/29/micaelapapa

Micaela Papa is a Filipino journalist who has worked for the BBC in London and GMA Network in Manila. She is one of the youngest international award-winning broadcast journalist in the Philippines, best known for disaster coverages such as her firsthand report of Supertyphoon Haiyan[1] in 2013 (part of the GMA News collective entry that won the prestigious Peabody award[2]) and her documentaries on social issues, such as 2013's Brigada documentary "Gintong Krudo" which garnered several awards, including the Silver World Medal at the New York Festivals[3] and the One World Award from the International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers.[4]

Papa has served as presenter and reporter for episodes of the BBC World Service programmes “The Compass,[5]” and “World Hacks,[6]” and has produced episodes of “Profile[7]” for BBC Radio 4. She has also done two-way interviews for other international media networks such as Canada's CBC News.

Papa was a recipient of the prestigious Chevening Scholarship[8] and the One World Media Production Grant.[9]

References

  1. "Pananalasa ng Typhoon Yolanda sa Leyte, naranasan nina Micaela Papa". GMA News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  2. "Coverage of Supertyphoon Yolanda (Haiyan)". Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  3. "New York Festivals Awards - Winners Showcase". www.newyorkfestivals.com. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  4. "Brigada wins One World Award in US Intl Film & Video Fest". Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  5. "A Young World - Philippines, A Young World, The Compass - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. "Cloud Catchers In Peru, BBC World Hacks - BBC World Service". BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  7. "Rodrigo Duterte, Profile - BBC Radio 4". BBC. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  8. "GMA News' Micaela Papa among 27 new Filipino Chevening scholars". GMA News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  9. "2016 Grantees". One World Media. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
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