10 Facts About Marga Ortigas

Margarita Ortigas is a writer and media communications consultant who previously worked as a correspondent for Al Jazeera English.

Marga Ortigas is a writer, journalist, and media professional who blogs and does consulting work.

Marga Ortigas has over 25 years experience in broadcasting in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.

Marga Ortigas was a field producer, editor, and reporter with CNN International news based in London from 2000 to 2005 and spent considerable time in Baghdad and the Middle East on assignment.

Marga Ortigas was the Senior Asia correspondent for Al Jazeera English, travelling the region extensively for 11 years.

Marga Ortigas covered all aspects including the growth of China, tensions on the Korean peninsula, cross-border and internal conflicts among ASEAN states, and the many natural disasters around Asia.

Marga Ortigas reported extensively on both the aftermath of Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013, and the Great East Japan quake in 2011.

Marga Ortigas is one of the original correspondents of Al Jazeera English, having joined the channel at its inception in 2005.

In 2011, Marga Ortigas was recognised by the International Committee of the Red Cross for Humanitarian Reporting.

Marga Ortigas was educated at Ateneo de Manila University where she studied journalism and communications, and at the University of Greenwich where she gained a Masters in Literature as a British Council Chevening scholar.