Sheila Coronel

Shiela S. Coronel is the Stabile professor of professional practice in investigative journalism and director of the Stabile Center for Investigative Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School. She began her reporting career in the Philippines and was co-founder of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. She has reported on the rise of populism, human rights abuses, corruption, and the challenges to democracy. She is chair of the Media Development Investment Fund, and a member of the boards of, among others, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Columbia Journalism Review. For six years, she served as academic dean of the Columbia Journalism School. In 2003, Sheila was given Asia’s premiere prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award, in recognition of her pioneering investigative work.