Kaela Malig

Kaela Malig is an award-winning multimedia journalist with a masters degree from Columbia Universitys Graduate School of Journalism. At the age of 24, she became a four-time Society of Publishers Asia (SOPA) Awards for Editorial Excellence winner. As a fellow for the Oscar-winning newsroom, FRONTLINE, she worked hand in hand with local and international documentary filmmakers, gaining a comprehensive experience in researching, fact-checking, and producing. She worked as a researcher for Emmy award-winning Ramona Diaz' film "And So It Begins" which later on was selected for the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. While in the Philippines, she dedicated her time covering social issues, specifically womens rights and childrens welfare. After interning for Rappler and graduating with awards for her piece on the Philippine drug wars orphaned children, Malig went on to work with The Washington Post, CNN, and the Philippines biggest broadcast network, GMA Network. During her stay at GMA, Malig worked as an on-air multimedia reporter and published in-depth stories on adoption, child sexual exploitation, and incest rape among others. While studying at Columbia, she produced news packages reporting on New Yorks child care system, the litigation of sexual assault, and racial inequality. Malig is a Brigid Ohara-Forster and Association of Foreign Press Correspondents scholar and was awarded with an Overseas Press Club and duPont Awards fellowship.