Kara David
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| Born | Kara Patria David September 12, 1973 |
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Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication (cum laude) |
| Occupation | Broadcast journalist |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Notable credit(s) |
i-Witness (1999-present) |
Kara Patria David (born September 12, 1973) is a Filipino journalist. She is currently the News Anchor for 'News to Go' of GMA Network, Host and Writer of i-Witness: the GMA Documentaries and Founder/President of Project Malasakit Foundation, Inc..
She is a single mother to 11 year old daughter Julia Kristiana and has garnered 14 international awards and 17 local awards for her outstanding documentaries. She has been recognized in several countries for her work and advocacy. Among the awards she has won internationally are the UNICEF Child Rights award, Best Social Awareness Program at the Asian Television Awards and Silver Medal at the US International Film Festival[1] . Locally, she has been named Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the Rotary Club[2] .
Ms. David was the only woman who made it to the list of 2007’s Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award[3] . In 2010, she was likewise named one the The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS award)[4] . Recently, Ms. David won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award[5], considered the Nobel Prize in electronic media. She is the 2nd Filipino to win the said award. Ms. David has more than a hundred documentaries to her name. Some of her documentaries have been released on DVD—I-Witness Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 and the Best of Kara David DVD.
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With daughter Julia
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During a Project Malasakit outreach with Aeta kids
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While on location in Japan for her documentary on the great east Japan tsunami.
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[edit] Life and career
Kara Patria David was born on September 12, 1973 to journalist Randy David and former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission Karina Constantino-David.[6][7]
Kara graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines, Diliman with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. After her graduation, she worked as a production assistant and researcher for GMA Network in 1995. She was promoted as writer/researcher for the program “Emergency”; while at the same time hosting a two-minute segment “HulingHirit” in the daily news “Saksi” doing adventure-oriented and inspiring features. Kara rose from the ranks to become the youngest reporter for the award winning magazine show “BrigadaSiete”. It was in this show that Kara developed her niche in the industry and her life-long advocacy for children’s rights.
In 2001, Kara was promoted to news producer of two major newscasts, 24Oras and Saksi. The next year she was given the chance to become part of the prestigious team of “I-Witness” the first ever full-length documentary program in the country, what has been dubbed as “Philippine Television’s Finest Hour”.
It is in “I-Witness” that Kara maximized her training as host, researcher and writer. She is one of the few TV hosts who pursues her own research and single-handedly writes all her scripts. She is most outstanding in writing, melding poetic narration with powerful visuals, merging objective observation with personal engagement. Her documentaries have received overwhelming feedback from critics and viewers because they touch the heart with the truth and uplift the soul without preaching. Many have said that Kara’s gift for writing is unparalleled among broadcast journalists of her generation.
It is her documentaries on children that have had the most impact. In the documentary “SeldaInosente” Kara entered the world of children born and bred in prison. This touching documentary won her the UNICEF Child Rights Award besting more than a hundred entries from all over the world.
In “Buto’tBalat” Kara explored the state of malnutrition in the country and the reality that extreme inequalities and the absence of a concrete and cohesive nutrition and population policy has resulted in a state not far from what occurs in Africa. For this documentary she was chosen as one of twenty finalists for the Japan Prize. She won a silver medal at the US International Film & Video Festival. It also won Best Social Awareness Program at the prestigious Asian Television Awards.
Kara has almost a hundred documentaries to her name. In “Bitay” she became an instrument in stopping the execution of a convict on death row. For this she was honored as Investigative Journalist of the Year by the Rotary Club of Manila.
Her most celebrated documentary was “Ambulansyang de Paa”, a touching documentary about the lack of access to health services of the Mangyan tribe who live in Mindoro Oriental. Kara documented the plight of our Mangyan brothers who have to carry their sick in hammocks for eight hours just to get to the nearest hospital. This documentary won the presitigous George Foster Peabody Award – considered the Nobel Prize in electronic media. Kara is the second Filipino to win this most prestigious recognition.
Last 2007, Kara was chosen as one of The Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the country. She was likewise honored as Broadcast Journalist of the Year. In 2011, she was chosen as one the Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS)[8] giving recognition not only to her journalistic ethic and excellence but to her deep passion to help the countryside.
Aside from I-witness, Kara also hosted several public affairs programs such as Case Unclosed… an documentary program that investigates unsolved cases and mysteries. She also hosted OFW Diaries, a public service program that reaches out to Filipino overseas workers. Today, she is the news anchor of News To Go, a morning news program on GMANewsTV.
But Kara is more than just a teller of tales. She matches her documentaries with a deep passion for change and a commitment to action.
[edit] Project Malasakit
Last 2002, she founded “Project Malasakit” – a non-stock non-profit foundation that sends poor Filipino children to school[9]. It also embarks on community outreach[10] programs that gives food, medicine and school supplies to remote communities who do not have access to basic government service. Project Malasakit now has 15 scholars (most of them child laborers and victims of child abuse). It has also helped more than 800 families thru its quarterly outreach programs. Aside from this, Kara has also embarked on long-term projects for communities.
Her documentary on waterless communities in Masbate“ParaisongUhaw” has led to the construction of 10 water wells – sources of potable water in the poor municipality of Balud. Kara and her Project Malasakit team were also instrumental in constructing a sustainable solar power facility ina community of Mangyans in Mindoro Province. The poor community featured in her celebrated documentary “ambulansyang de paa” was once inaccessible to government service… but thru the help of Kara’s Project Malasakit, hope is now within reach. Proof that the potential of media lies not only in its power to educate people and expose the problems of society – media can also be a tool to inculcate compassion and inspire others to help in nation-building.
[edit] International Awards
| Year | Award |
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| 2003 | UNICEF Child Rights Award for the documentary: Selda Inosente |
| 2005 | Certificate for Creative Excellence, US International Film & Video Festival for the documentary: Pagbabalik sa Selda |
| 2005 | Finalist, Japan International Prize[11] |
| 2005 | Best Social Awareness Program, Asian Television Awards for the documentary: Buto’t Balat[12] |
| 2006 | Silverscreen Award, US International Film & Video Festival for the documentary: Buto’t Balat |
| 2007 | Finalist, New York Film Festival for the documentary: Uuwi na si Udong[13] |
| 2007 | Silverscreen Award, US International Film and Video Festival for the documentary: Sa Mata ni Ekang[14] |
| 2007 | Finalist, New York Festivals for the documentary: Alaga[15] |
| 2007 | Certificate for Creative Excellence, US International Film & Video Festival for the documentary: Gapos[16] |
| 2008 | Finalist, New York Festivals for the documentary: Bundok na Kristal[17] |
| 2009 | Certificate for Creative Excellence, US Int’l Film and Video Festival for the documentary: “Tasaday” |
| 2010 | George Foster Peabody Award for the documentary: Ambulansyang de Paa |
| 2011 | New York Festivals Bronze Medal for the documentary: Paraisong Uhaw[18] |
| 2012 | Finalist, New York Film Festival for the documentary: Gintong Putik[19] |
[edit] Local Awards
| Year | Award |
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| 2002 | Finalist, Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA)for the documentary: Gamugamo sa Dilim |
| 2004 | Best Television Feature, La Sallian Scholarum Award for the documentary: Gamugamo sa Dilim |
| 2004 | Investigative Journalist of the Year Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards |
| 2006 | Broadcast Journalist of the Year Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards |
| 2007 | Best Television Feature, La Sallian Scholarum Awards for the documentary: Mga Batang Hiram |
| 2007 | Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2007 | Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines [20] |
| 2008 | Most Outstanding Alumnus, UP College of Mass Communication[21] |
| 2008 | Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2009 | Best Documentary Program, USTV Awards |
| 2009 | Best Public Affairs Program, MTRCB awards |
| 2009 | Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television |
| 2010 | The Outstanding Women in Nation Service (TOWNS) Award[22] |
| 2011 | Titus Brandsma Leadership in Journalism Award[23] |
| 2011 | Best Documentary Program Host, Golden Screen Awards[24] |
| 2011 | Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television[25] |
[edit] Career Timeline
| Year | Show | Role |
| 2011–present | News to Go | Anchor |
| 2002–present | I-Witness | Host & Writer |
| 2009–2010 | OFW Diaries | Host |
| 2008 | Case Unclosed | Host |
| 2006-2007 | 100 % Pinoy | Host & Writer |
| September 2002 | Sa Kuko ng Terorismo | Host & Writer |
| 2000 – 2002 | Dito sa Looban | Radio Anchor |
| June 1998 | Bayan sa Sangandaan | Head Writer |
| June 1998 | Boses ng Kalayaan | Head Writer |
| 1998 – 2000 | Huling Hirit ng Saksi | Reporter |
| 1997 – 2001 | Brigada Siete | Reporter |
| 1995 – 1998 | Emergency | Writer & Researcher |
| September 1995 | Fate in Gold | Researcher |
| May 1995 | Bantay Boto | Production Assistant & Researcher |
| 1994 – 1995 | Office of Senate President Edgardo J. Angara | Writer & Researcher |
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Through Kara’s eyes, Peabody Award winner Kara David". Manila Bulletin. August 21, 2010. http://mb.com.ph/articles/273509/through-kara-s-eyes.
- ^ "Gratitude". June 21. 2007. http://blogs.gmanews.tv/sidetrip/blog/archives/248-Gratitude.html.
- ^ "List of TOYM Awardees 1959-2008". TOYM Philippines. http://toymphilippines.blogspot.com/2009/07/list-of-toym-awardees-1959-2008_6165.html.
- ^ "Kara tumanggap ng Towns award". Pilipino Star Ngayon. December 01, 2010. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=635135.
- ^ "I-Witness wins Peabody award". The Philippine Star. April 08, 2010. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=564454.
- ^ "Kara David in outstanding SK search". Bohol Chronicle. November 23, 2008. http://www.boholchronicle.com/2008/nov/23/comm2.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ Martin, Marian (June 13, 2007). "The best advice my mother gave me". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer. http://showbizandstyle.inquirer.net/sim/sim/view/20070513-65624/The_best_advice_my_mother_gave_me. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Sisante, Jam. "Kara David, 10 others cited as outstanding women". The Carillon. http://carillon.up.edu.ph/?p=2193.
- ^ "Tagumpay ng Malasakit (our scholars graduate!)". Project Malasakit (Compassion) by Kara David Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.413702150762.216831.175847995762&type=3.
- ^ "Outreach Programs". Project Malasakit by Kara David. http://karapatria.com/outreach-programs/.
- ^ . http://telebisyon.net/balita/Mga-programa-ng-Siyete-finalists-sa-ilang-internatl-awards/artikulo/175025/.
- ^ "Skin and bones". http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/51709/publicaffairs/skin-and-bones.
- ^ "Uuwi na si Udong". http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/39650/publicaffairs/uuwi-na-si-udong.
- ^ "David bags US award; the uwang trade". http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/46594/publicaffairs/david-bags-us-award-the-uwang-trade.
- ^ "Schistosomiasis". http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/84489/publicaffairs/schistosomiasis.
- ^ "Sine Totoo presents "Gapos"". http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/119983/publicaffairs/sine-totoo-presents-gapos.
- ^ "2009 Finalist Certificate". http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/main.php?p=3,1&wp=info&id=401222.
- ^ "GMA wins 3 medals at New York Festivals". The Philippine Star. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=677275&publicationSubCategoryId=70.
- ^ "GMA Network gets 9 noms at NY Fest". The Philippine Star. http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=778420&publicationSubCategoryId=.
- ^ "The Outstanding Young Men THE OUTSTANDING YOUNG MEN (TOYM)". JCI Philippines (Philippine Jaycees). http://jciphil.com/?page_id=149.
- ^ "Alumna Kara David produces Peabody Award-winning docu". University of the Philippines. http://www.up.edu.ph/upnewsletter.php?i=1146&archive=yes&yr=2010&mn=4.
- ^ . November 5, 2010. http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/205255/news/nation/kara-david-10-others-cited-as-outstanding-women.
- ^ "Kara David, Asuncion Maramba bag Titus Brandsma media award". The Manila Times. October 16, 2011. http://www.manilatimes.net/index.php/sunday-times/the-sunday-times-magazines/9344-kara-david-asuncion-maramba-bag-titus-brandsma-media-award.
- ^ "Golden Screen TV Awards winners". Balita – Tagalog Newspaper Tabloid. Dec 2nd, 2011. http://www.balita.net.ph/2011/12/golden-screen-tv-awards-winners/.
- ^ Basil, Timmy (November 25, 2011). "PMPC Star Awards for TV winners". Sun.Star. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/superbalita-cebu/kalingawan/2011/11/25/basil-pmpc-star-awards-tv-winners-192542.
