Editor and writer with over 20 years of experience in media/journalism, the last 18+ years of them with the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the largest English-language daily broadsheet in the Philippines. Extensive, uniquely well-rounded journalistic resume covering both Lifestyle and Opinion, and News and Current Affairs. Experienced copy editor and writer with stints editing newspapers, books, magazines, blogs, and websites, and contributing feature stories and commentary pieces to a variety of publications.As Opinion Editor, oversaw the daily preparation/production of the Opinion page, from assigning topics for the daily editorial based on the current news, to writing/editing the editorial and editing the columns, commentary contributions, the Young Blood corner for young writers, and letters from readers.Maintained the paper’s Opinion section as the gold standard for opinion journalism in the country and a critical agenda-setter for the national conversation as host of a preeminent, award-winning roster of columnists and thinkers, among them University of the Philippines educators Randy David and Michael Tan, former Supreme Court justices Artemio Panganiban and Antonio Carpio, former economic chiefs Winnie Monsod and Cielito Habito, historian Ambeth Ocampo, veteran journalist Ma. Ceres Doyo, pollster Mahar Mangahas, scientist and scholar Gideon Lasco, and political analyst Richard Heydarian.As Senior Lifestyle Desk Editor, assisted the Lifestyle Editor in editing stories and press materials for the daily Lifestyle section of the paper, working with a team of nine writers, two sub-editors, and three editorial assistants. Edited and/or wrote stories on arts, theater, travel, heritage, health, men's essentials, etc., as well as profiles, social commentary, and other general-interest topics. As concurrent Theater editor, oversaw the production of a newly created once-a-week Theater subsection that covered the local theater industry, writing reviews of local productions, assigning feature stories and reviews to a team of six contributing writers, keeping abreast of developments in the theater scene and among theater practitioners, and highlighting the industry’s contributions to the Philippines’ arts and culture sector.As Editorial Writer, wrote over 700 editorials for the paper’s Opinion section while still being assigned to the Lifestyle section, initially once a week and eventually twice a week. Editorial topics were discussed with and assigned by the Opinion Editor, and editorials produced were compensated separately.