Rappler’s Jodesz Gavilan named 2023 Marshall McLuhan Fellow for Excellence in Journalism in the Philippines

19Oct23

Rappler’s Jodesz Gavilan, 2023 McLuhan Fellow

The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines presented the annual Marshall McLuhan Fellowship for Excellence in Journalism to Jodesz Gavilan, writer and researcher for Rappler.

Mr. Colin Townson, Head of Political and Public Affairs of the Embassy of Canada, named Ms. Gavilan as the new McLuhan Fellow at the 2023 Jaime V. Ongpin Journalism Seminar organized by the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR). In presenting the award, Mr. Townson cited Ms. Gavilan’s “commitment to investigative journalism to inform the public about decisions and policies that affect their lives, in support of the public interest.”

He also lauded Ms. Gavilan’s “tenacity” and “outstanding efforts to provide in depth reporting that to illuminate the challenges, issues and people behind at the heart of every story.”

As a McLuhan Fellow, Ms. Gavilan will undertake a speaking tour with stops across the Philippines and in Canada, engaging with media professionals, journalists, academia, civil society and government officials.

The McLuhan Fellowship Program is the flagship media advocacy project of the Embassy of Canada in the Philippines, in partnership with Sun Life of Canada and the CMFR. First launched in in 1997, the program has been promoting excellence in journalism in the Philippines for 26 years.

Congratulations, Jodesz!

Rappler (portmanteau of the words “rap” and “ripple”) is a Filipino online news website based in Pasig, Metro Manila, the Philippines. It was founded by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa along with a group of fellow Filipino journalists as well as technopreneurs. It started as a Facebook page named MovePH in August 2011 and evolved into a website on January 1, 2012.

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