Chit Estella

Quick Facts

Full Name	Chit Estella
Occupation	Journalist
Date Of Birth	Aug 19, 1957(1957-08-19)
Age	67
Date Of Death	May 13, 2011
Birthplace	Quezon City
Country	Philippines
Birth City	Metro Manila
Horoscope	Leo

Chit Estella Biography

Chit Estella is one of the most popular and richest Journalist who was born on August 19, 1957 in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

Estella was studying journalism at the University of the Philippines during the beginnings of the Martial Law era. In her sophomore year she began writing for the school newspaper, the Philippine Collegian. The paper was previously ordered to be discontinued upon the declaration of martial law, but the university population persisted to have it revived. In 1974, the Philippine Collegian was re-established. It covered social happenings in the repressive government under Martial Law, and had a staff with strong editorial stances. Estella wrote for the newspaper’s current events section, and investigated events that exposed government suppression of truth, corruption, and human rights abuses. In 1975 she also worked at Liwayway Press in Sta. Cruz, Manila, where she covered news events. In her senior year, Estella was elected president of the UP Journalism Club. She was writing for several underground resistance press, such as the Balita ng Malayang Pilipinas (BMP), Taliba ng Bayan, and the Liberation, disguised under the nom de guerre “Ka Sandy”. Along with other college writers, she would skip classes to pursue assignments for these publications. Her work in the press became significant channels of information to the Filipino public, who were hungry for independent opinion and real, objective news.

After she graduated in 1979, it became difficult to find employment in Marcos crony-controlled publications. With her background of press coverage concerning human rights, protests and social action, she was continually rejected. She later wrote articles for anti-dictatorship groups, such as the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA) of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). She was almost arrested on one occasion in 1982. Estella became a reporter for the Manila Evening Post and Tempo, before she joined Ang Pahayagang Malaya, an independent newspaper where she covered news at the Malacañan. She became managing editor of the Manila Times in the mid-1990s, and became editor-in-chief of Pinoy Times in 1999, a tabloid notable for its criticisms of then President Joseph Estrada. She also wrote for Mr. and Ms., the Philippine Daily Inquirer, and helped establish the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and the Vera Files.She also edited the Philippine Journalism Review, a publication for the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility. In 2001, she returned to her alma mater UP DIliman to teach at the college of Mass Communication.

Chit Estella Net Worth

Chit Estella is one of the richest Journalist from Philippines. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Chit Estella 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lourdes “Chit” Panganiban Estella-Simbulan (August 19, 1957 – May 13, 2011) was a Filipino journalist and professor, known for her critical writings on government repression, abuse, corruption and human rights violations.

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In recognition of her early work, as a journalist during the Philippines’ Martial Law period under Ferdinand Marcos, Estella-Simbulan’s name was one of 19 added in November 2016 to the inscriptions on the Bantayog ng mga Bayani (Monument of the Heroes) Memorial Wall, which is dedicated to individuals who “defied risks and dedicated their life for the cause of truth, justice, peace and freedom for the Filipino people” during the Marcos regime.

Facts & Trivia

A. Ranked on the list of most popular Journalist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Philippines. Chit Estella celebrates birthday on August 19 of every year.