Rowena Paraan has been a journalist for more than 30 years and currently heads the Philippine pioneering citizen journalism platform of ABS-CBN. A Fellow at Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma. Formerly the research director at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ). Teaches Big Data Journalism, Journalism Research, Media Literacy, Election Reporting, Journalism and Trauma, and Hostile Environment Risk Awareness and Media Safety.