Magsanoc a model for provincial journalists, says Cebu media council

TORCH BEARERS Magsanoc and INQUIRER founding chair Eggie Apostol carried the torch
from Edsa I.

CEBU CITY—Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc was not just the editor-in-chief of Inquirer but also embodied the ideals that provincial journalists aspired for.

This was the statement of Cebu Citizens-Press Media Council, an organization composed of both media and non-media members.

“To community journalists particularly, she embodied the ideals of journalism they could aspire for: her newsroom leadership, her courage in resisting repression in the dark days of martial law, and her passion and creativity in steering the “Inquirer” to its enviable place in the industry,” said Pachico A. Seares, CCPC executive director.

“She knew her power to set the agenda, which Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham says is deciding what to print and what not to print, but she used it fearlessly and responsibly for what she believed was for public good,” he added.

CCPC is a Securities and Exchange Commission-registered non-government organization that helps to protect press freedom, enhance the sense of accountability of journalists, and shape public opinion on media issues.

An icon of press freedom who led the Inquirer for more than 20 years, Magsanoc died on Christmas Eve. Connie E. Fernandez, Inquirer Visayas