{"id":346691,"date":"2021-06-25T06:04:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=346691"},"modified":"2021-06-25T06:04:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-24T20:04:16","slug":"an-alumknights-journey-to-inclusive-storytelling-in-the-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/an-alumknights-journey-to-inclusive-storytelling-in-the-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"An AlumKnight\u2019s journey to inclusive storytelling in the Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Born and raised on Rota, Mount Carmel School\u2019s 2016 AlumKnight Thomas Manglo\u00f1a III was acutely aware of the disproportionate amount of media coverage among the various islands of the CNMI. From a broader standpoint, Manglo\u00f1a recognized throughout his high school career that the richer stories available in the Pacific region were at a more severe disadvantage.<\/p>\n

Consumed with the value of storytelling, Manglo\u00f1a attended University of California, Berkeley and pursued a bachelor\u2019s degree in media studies. He expanded his experience in media and journalism at UC Berkeley by working and leading the university\u2019s campus TV station. Throughout his undergraduate studies, Manglo\u00f1a enjoyed analyzing the effects of media on society, motivations for media consumption, and global media networks.<\/p>\n

Committed to gaining as much experience in this field, Manglo\u00f1a worked as a correspondent for Pacific News Center and KUAM News during winter and summer breaks. While in college, he also interned at ABC7 News in San Francisco and became the communications assistant at the Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion\u2019s office at UC Berkeley and the Pacific Islanders in Communication organization.<\/p>\n

Upon graduation in 2020, Manglo\u00f1a gained admission into Stanford University\u2019s master of arts journalism program. The two-year program covered a variety of critical topics including journalism law, multimedia storytelling, public affairs data analysis, and a graduate journalism seminar\u2014all of which prepared his cohort with the tools to conduct practical, collaborative, and \u00a0advanced journalistic reporting and writing in the specific practices and standards of health and science journalism.<\/p>\n

Manglo\u00f1a\u2019s professional goal is to uplift the vast stories that exist in the Mariana Islands and larger Oceania. \u201cTo this day there remains no newspaper or reporter on the island of Rota. Rota, and even Tinian, are under-covered for reasons beyond the community\u2019s control,\u201d he said. \u201cI do not see a journalist\u2019s role as \u2018giving voice\u2019 because our communities have always had a voice. I see a journalist\u2019s role as \u2018passing the mic\u2019 with rigorous reporting. It has always been my personal mission to amplify the stories that are underreported across the Pacific, especially at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of his efforts to \u201cpass the mic,\u201d Manglo\u00f1a co-founded the Pacific Islander Task Force under the Asian American Journalists Association, or AAJA. The primary purpose of the task force is to increase engagement, understanding, and awareness of Pacific Islander membership within AAJA. From a regional perspective, the task force aims to represent the indigenous peoples of Oceania, composed of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy colleagues and I want to ensure that AAJA fulfills its mission to serve all Asian American Pacific Islander journalists by recognizing and uplifting Pacific Islanders. It\u2019s especially important that through the task force, we can help provide tools to assist journalists covering Pacific Islanders or Pacific island communities to ensure fair and accurate coverage. I am proud to be doing this work with Anita Hofschneider, Rachel Ramirez, Lauren Kawana, and Katlyn Alo,\u201d Manglo\u00f1a said.<\/p>\n

At this time, Manglo\u00f1a is scheduled to start a production internship with ABC News\u2019 Good Morning American this summer in New York. Just recently, Manglo\u00f1a was also featured on PBS to discuss his thesis documentary, \u201cThe Ocean is the School.\u201d<\/p>\n

While reflecting on his academic and professional journey from Mount Carmel School to Stanford University, Manglo\u00f1a said, \u201cMount Carmel School was one of the first places I felt I could thrive as a \u2018whole person.\u2019 In addition to the wonderful educators, the artistic environment nurtured creativity in me and my classmates. It was where I realized my potential as a storyteller. I truly believe in the power of telling our own stories as we have always done. I hope to return home to report on a regional level with impactful visual journalism.\u201d (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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