Kaela Malig

Former Tow Journalism Fellow, FRONTLINE/Columbia Journalism School Fellowship

Kaela Malig was a Tow Journalism fellow at FRONTLINE in 2023-24. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism with a focus on investigative reporting, foreign correspondence, and video journalism. As a student, she produced in-depth stories on New York's childcare crisis and legal barriers on filing sexual assault cases. While at Columbia, she was a Brigid O'Hara-Forster and Association of Foreign Press Correspondents scholar and was awarded with an Overseas Press Club scholarship and duPont Awards fellowship.

Before coming to New York, she reported on the bloody Philippine drug war and the orphaned children it left behind. A four-time Society of Publishers Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence winner, she interned for Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa's news outlet Rappler and reported for The Washington Post and CNN before working for the Philippines' biggest broadcast company.

Twitter:

@kaelamalig

Email:

[email protected]

Languages Spoken:

Filipino, Mandarin, Hokkien, English

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Where Does School Segregation Stand, 70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education?
As the United States marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, many of the nation’s classrooms remain racially separate and unequal.
May 17, 2024
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‘Documenting Police Use of Force’ Filmmakers & Reporters on Navigating Obstacles in Their Reporting
The filmmakers of “Documenting Police Use of Force” spoke about how they created a visual narrative that traces why and how people die in the wake of police using what is known as “less-lethal force.”
April 30, 2024
What Has Happened to Boeing Since the 737 Max Crashes
What Has Happened to Boeing Since the 737 Max Crashes
A brief look at what has happened to Boeing since the deadly 2018 and 2019 crashes and the recent Alaska Airlines incident.
March 13, 2024
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A Guide to the Criminal Cases Against Donald Trump
In 2023, Donald Trump became the first former president of the United States to be criminally indicted when he was charged in four separate criminal cases. With President Trump now back in office, here’s a look at where things stand in the cases.
January 30, 2024
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‘20 Days in Mariupol’ Filmmaker on What is Left of the City After the Russian Invasion
‘20 Days in Mariupol’ filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov spoke with FRONTLINE about how the city of Mariupol has changed since the Russian takeover and what happened to Mariupol’s civilians and children after the siege.
November 21, 2023
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How Russia’s Press Freedom has Deteriorated Over the Decades Since Putin Came to Power
FRONTLINE takes a closer look at the different tactics that President Vladimir Putin and the government have used to clamp down on journalists in Russia, and the impact it’s had on press freedom since he came to power.
September 26, 2023
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Nobel Prize-Winning Journalist Maria Ressa Acquitted of Tax Evasion in Philippines
Still, legal challenges remain for Ressa, whose story was chronicled in the 2021 FRONTLINE documentary 'A Thousand Cuts.'
September 14, 2023
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Afghanistan, Two Years After: Taliban Repression and Humanitarian Crises Intensify
FRONTLINE takes a closer look at the state of Afghanistan — from the economy to women’s rights and humanitarian crises — two years after the Taliban’s takeover.
August 15, 2023