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Haunting, powerful read by Sheila Coronel. foreignaffairs.com/reviews/ghosts… via Foreign Affairs

I interviewed death squad assassin Edgardo Matobato in 2016. This is the story of how Catholic clergy, military mutineers and a former president helped keep him alive so he could tell his truth. pcij.org/2025/01/17/the…

"Individual redemption, as in Matobato’s case, is possible. But what will it take to redeem an entire nation?"

Just as a clandestine ecosystem of death squads is deeply embedded in the underbelly of society, so is a parallel world of resistance—connected, rooted, and quietly defying the brokenness that surrounds them. The Making of Edgar Matobato Sheila Coronel tinyurl.com/2xd5na4t

"..just as a clandestine ecosystem of death squads is deeply embedded in the underbelly of society, so is a parallel world of resistance—connected, rooted, and quietly defying the brokenness that surrounds them." pcij.org/2025/01/17/the…

Is redemption possible for a death squad assassin who said he has killed so many he has lost count? Thanks, Rappler for running my story on Edgar Matobato.

Thought for the eve of MLK Day

My latest AI experiment adapting into video Sheila Coronel's longform piece about a longtime hitman and Duterte's drug war. All images, animations, voices, and music were created using Gen AI.

One of the great things the US government has done for many years is provide a massive trove of reliable, useful information about the US economy that's publicly and freely accessible to anyone who wants to use it. Taking this stuff offline is an absolutely grotesque thing to do.

Latest from Columbia Journalism School Investigations: DAs Promised to Help Wrongfully Convicted New Yorkers. In Many Cases, They Made Things Worse. New York Focus nysfocus.com/2025/02/13/wro…

“The point is to figure out: what do the autocrats care about, and how do we deprive them of that until they change?” —Kenneth Roth speaking Columbia University J-school on new book 📕 Righting Wrongs, about 3+decades battling abusive governments: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/739898/r… w/Sheila Coronel

The vigilante president has been arrested. He didn’t believe in due process but he’ll want it now.

“All who believe in these freedoms should steadfastly oppose the intimidation, harassment, and detention of individuals on the basis of their speech or their journalism.” Statement from Columbia Journalism School

Here we go

Impunity is the norm for the powerful in the #Philippines. Duterte’s arrest is a fluke. Yet it would not have been possible without years of difficult, dangerous, painstaking work.. even when hope for accountability seemed nonexistent. - Sheila Coronel cjr.org/world/duterte-…

On the Arrest of an Autocrat: Journalists, lawyers, clergy, and human rights activists persisted in the Philippines, even when hope for accountability seemed nonexistent. By Sheila Coronel. cjr.org/world/duterte-…

"We cannot move forward until we realize we’re a traumatized society.” - Sheila Coronel, on the cycle of violence & impunity in the Philippines. Listen to our episode on Edgar Matobato’s testimony on the drug war: tinyurl.com/33ajwzpu

"It takes a nation to hold a president to account... [Strongmen] project invincibility to convince people resistance is futile... They perform omnipotence so convincingly that only when they fall do we see how brittle their power truly was."—Sheila Coronel cjr.org/world/duterte-…

ElenaHerreroBeaumont, una de las profesoras del Máster, con Sheila Coronel, en un evento del Observatorio de Medios e Información Responsable que no os podéis perder el próximo martes 29 en CaixaForum. #Management4Creatives #confianza #medios Os podéis apuntar 👉 lnkd.in/eGV4kptA

I've chaired the Global Shining Light Awards jury for many years, but was particularly impressed with the quality and ambition of this year's finalists, especially at time when watchdog journalism is under siege. Congratulations to the finalists!