Lina Sagaral Reyes

Lina Sagaral Reyes
Born(1961-07-06)6 July 1961
Villalimpia, Bohol, Philippines
Died14 December 2024(2024-12-14) (aged 63)
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
EducationSilliman University[1]
OccupationJournalist

Lina Sagaral Reyes (6 July 1961 – 14 December 2024) was a Filipino journalist. She was an award-winning environmental reporter.

Reyes was also an award-winning poet and advocated empowerment for women.[2]

Early life and education

Reyes was born in Villalimpia, Bohol on 6 July 1961[3] and grew up there. She took courses in journalism and creative writing at Silliman University from 1978 until 1983.[4]

Career

Journalism career

Reyes wrote for the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Mindanao Gold Star Daily as a correspondent.[5]

Notable coverage

Reyes wrote exposes on sand dredging to accommodate an international resort in 1998; an investigation into an algal bloom in Macajalar Bay in 2000; and her in-depth probe into corporate pineapple farms and their carbon-negative claims in 2020.[6][7]

Death

Reyes died at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center in Cagayan de Oro, on 14 December 2024, at the age of 63. Her colleagues at the Cagayan de Oro Press Club said that she was rushed there two days earlier, due to breathing difficulties, and that she was undernourished, with low blood pressure and surged sugar levels.[8][9]

Awards and honours

  • 1987 Palanca Award for Literature
  • 1998: Jaime V. Ongpin Award for Investigative Journalism
  • 2000: National Science and Technology Journalism Grand Prize
  • 2020: Globe Media Excellence Award

See also

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Journalism portal

References

  1. ^ "A JOURNAL DEVOTED TO DISCUSSION AND INVESTIGATION IN THE HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES" (PDF). Silliman Journal. June 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  2. ^ Guevara Morrow, Susan (1991). "Lina Sagaral Reyes: A poetics of pain and healing". Animo Repository. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. ^ Casocot, Ian Rosales (15 December 2024). "The Spy in the Sandwich Eats the Sun: Lina Sagaral Reyes, 1961-2024". The Spy in the Sandwich Eats the Sun. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  4. ^ Gomez, Herbie (14 December 2024). "Journalist and Palanca awardee Lina Sagaral-Reyes dies". Rappler. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ Sampang, Dianne Raine (14 December 2024). "Journalist, Palanca awardee Lina Sagaral-Reyes, 63". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ Sagaral-Reyes, Lina (3 February 2020). "Food giant's carbon-negative claims being questioned". Gold Star Daily. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Fellows". Earth Journalism Network. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  8. ^ Caduaya, Editha (14 December 2024). "Lina Sagaral Reyes: A tribute to a trailblazing environmental reporter". Newsline. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Obituary: Mindanao". Rappler. 14 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.