Portia Ladrido is a writer, political communications specialist, and Solutions Journalism trainer with experience across media, civil society, and government.
She currently serves as speechwriter and policy and political communications specialist for a democratic socialist senator in the Philippines, working on issues including women’s and children’s rights, human trafficking, transnational crime, and territorial disputes in the West Philippine Sea. She is also an accredited trainer of the Solutions Journalism Network and has led workshops across the Asia-Pacific for organizations including the Thomson Reuters Foundation, One World Media, and WAN-IFRA. She convened the Philippines’ first Solutions Journalism forum in 2017 and continues to lead the Solutions Journalism community in the country.
Previously, she was a reporter at CNN Philippines, where her coverage of social issues earned her the Human Rights Journalism Fellowship from PhilRights. She holds a Master’s with Distinction in International Journalism from Cardiff University and an Executive Diploma with Honors in Diplomacy from the European Academy of Diplomacy.
