Eddie Monteclaro
Eddie Monteclaro (* 1928 ; † May 23, 1987 in Manila ) was a Filipino journalist and, until his death, was editor-in-chief of The Manila Times , the oldest English-language daily newspaper in the Philippines.
Life
Eddie Monteclaro began working as a journalist in the Philippines after finishing school and was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University between 1970 and 1971 . At the time of the imposition of a state of emergency by the dictatorial ruling President Ferdinand Marcos on September 21, 1972, he was President of the National Press Club and subsequently sued numerous presidential decrees before the Supreme Court before he was granted political asylum in the USA in 1973 . In the following years he worked as an editor for the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper.
After the overthrow of President Marcos, he returned to the Philippines in the spring of 1986 and was first editor and editor-in-chief of The Manila Chronicle before he became editor and editor-in-chief of the oldest English-language daily newspaper in the Philippines, the Manila Times .
Web links
- THE NEW YORK TIMES: Obituary: Eddie Monteclaro (May 25, 1987)
- THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Eddie Monteclaro (May 25, 1987)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monteclaro, Eddie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Filipino journalist and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1987 |
| Place of death | Manila |