Kara David

Kara David
Kara David in 2014
Born Kara Patria David
(1973-09-12) 12 September 1973
Guagua, Pampanga, Philippines
Education University of the Philippines, Diliman (BA, MA)
Occupation Broadcast journalist
Television host
Years active 1997–present
Notable credit(s) i-Witness (2002–present)
News to Go (2011–present)
Power House (2013)
Spouse(s) LM Cancio (m. 2018)
Parent(s) Randy David (father)
Karina Constantino-David (mother)
Website Official website

Kara David-Cancio (born 12 September 1973) is a Filipino journalist and television host. She is the news anchor of News to Go at GMA News TV, as well as a host and writer for i-Witness at GMA Network. She recently began hosting Power House. She is founder and president of Project Malasakit, a foundation that helps the people she has featured in her documentaries.[1]

David was the only woman named in 2007’s Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award.[2] In 2010, she was awarded the Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS award).[3] David won the Peabody Award,[4] the second Filipino to win this award.

Biography

Kara Patria David was born to Professor Emeritus Randy David of the University of the Philippines Diliman and former Chairperson of the Civil Service Commission Karina Constantino-David.[5][6]

She graduated cum laude from the University of the Philippines, Diliman with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Communication. She then worked as a production assistant and researcher for GMA Network in 1995. She was promoted as writer/researcher for the program “Emergency” and hosted “Huling Hirit”, a regular two-minute segment in the daily news doing adventure-oriented and inspiring features.

David also hosted several public affairs programs such as Case Unclosed, a documentary program that investigates unsolved cases and mysteries. She hosted OFW Diaries, a public service program that reaches out to Filipino overseas workers. Currently, she is the news anchor of News to Go, a morning news program on GMANewsTV.

Documentary films

David has almost a hundred documentaries to her name. In “Bitay” she helped stop the execution of a convict on death row. For this she was honored as Investigative Journalist of the Year by the Rotary Club of Manila. In the documentary “Selda Inosente”, David entered the world of children born and bred in prison. The film won her the UNICEF Child Rights Award, besting more than a hundred entries from all over the world.

In Buto’t Balat, she explored the state of malnutrition in the country and the reality that extreme inequalities and the absence of a concrete and cohesive nutrition and population policy has resulted in a state not far from what occurs in Africa. For this documentary she was chosen as one of twenty finalists for the Japan Prize. She won a silver medal at the US International Film & Video Festival.

Ambulansyang de Paa is about the lack of access to health services of the Mangyan tribe, who live in Mindoro Oriental. David documented the plight of the Mangyans, who have to carry their sick in hammocks for eight hours just to get to the nearest hospital. This documentary won the Peabody Award. David is the second Filipino to win this recognition.[7]

In 2007, David was chosen as one of the Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the country and was honored as Broadcast Journalist of the Year. In 2011, she was chosen as one of the Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS).[8]

Project Malasakit

In 2002, David founded Project Malasakit – a non-stock non-profit foundation that sends poor Filipino children to school.[9]

It embarks on community outreach programs that gives food, medicine and school supplies to remote communities that do not have access to basic government service.[10] Project Malasakit now has 15 scholars (most of them child laborers and victims of child abuse). It has helped more than 800 families through its quarterly outreach programs. David has also embarked on long-term projects for communities.

Paraisong Uhaw, her documentary on waterless communities in Masbate, has led to the construction of 10 water wells in the municipality of Balud. David and her Project Malasakit team also constructed a sustainable solar power facility in a community of Mangyans in Mindoro Province.

Accolades

YearAward
2003UNICEF Child Rights Award for the documentary: Selda Inosente
2005Certificate for Creative Excellence, US International Film & Video Festival for the documentary: Pagbabalik sa Selda
2005Finalist, Japan International Prize[11]
2005Best Social Awareness Program, Asian Television Awards for the documentary: Buto’t Balat[12]
2006Silverscreen Award, US International Film & Video Festival for the documentary: Buto’t Balat[12]
2007Finalist, New York Film Festival for the documentary: Uuwi na si Udong[13]
2007Silverscreen Award, US International Film and Video Festival for the documentary: Sa Mata ni Ekang[14]
2007Finalist, New York Festivals for the documentary: Alaga[15]
2007Certificate for Creative Excellence, US International Film & Video Festival for the documentary: Gapos[16]
2008Finalist, New York Festivals for the documentary: Bundok na Kristal
2009Certificate for Creative Excellence, US Int’l Film and Video Festival for the documentary Tasaday[17]
2010George Foster Peabody Award for the documentary: Ambulansyang de Paa[18]
2011New York Festivals Bronze Medal for the documentary: Paraisong Uhaw[19]
2012Finalist, New York Film Festival for the documentary Gintong Putik
2013Nominated, International Emmy Awards: Alkansiya[20]

Local awards

YearAward
2002Finalist, Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA)for the documentary: Gamugamo sa Dilim
2004Best Television Feature, La Sallian Scholarum Award for the documentary: Gamugamo sa Dilim
2004Investigative Journalist of the Year Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards
2006Broadcast Journalist of the Year Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards
2007Best Television Feature, La Sallian Scholarum Awards for the documentary: Mga Batang Hiram
2007Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television
2007Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) of the Philippines[21]
2008Most Outstanding Alumnus, UP College of Mass Communication[22]
2008Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television
2009Best Documentary Program, USTV Awards
2009Best Public Affairs Program, MTRCB awards
2009Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television
2010The Outstanding Women in Nation Service (TOWNS) Award[23]
2011Titus Brandsma Leadership in Journalism Award[24]
2011Best Documentary Program Host, Golden Screen Awards[25]
2011Best Documentary Program Host, PMPC Star Awards for Television[26]
2012Best Female Field Reporter of the Year, Comguild Awards[27]
2013Best Female Field Reporter of the Year, Comguild Awards[28]
2013Recipient of the Rotary Golden Wheel Award[29]

References

  1. ↑ David, Kara (4 March 2013). "Kara David talks about Project Malasakit" (video). GMA News Online. GMA Network Inc. Retrieved 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "List of TOYM Awardees 1959–2008". TOYM Philippines.
  3. ↑ "Kara tumanggap ng Towns award". Pilipino Star Ngayon. 1 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "I-Witness wins Peabody award". The Philippine Star. 8 April 2010.
  5. ↑ "Kara David in outstanding SK search". The Bohol Chronicle. 23 November 2008. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015.
  6. ↑ Martin, Marian (13 June 2007). "The best advice my mother gave me". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Inquirer. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012.
  7. ↑ The Number One Site for Philippine Showbiz. PEP.ph; retrieved 15 July 2016.
  8. ↑ Sisante, Jam. "Kara David, 10 others cited as outstanding women". The Carillon. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  9. ↑ "Tagumpay ng Malasakit (our scholars graduate!)". Project Malasakit (Compassion) by Kara David Facebook page. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Outreach Programs". Project Malasakit by Kara David.
  11. ↑ Lorenzo, Alfie. Mga programa ng Siyete, finalists sa ilang internat'l awards Mga programa ng Siyete, finalists sa ilang internat'l awards. telebisyon.net
  12. 1 2 Skin and bones | Public Affairs | GMA News Online. GMA News Online. Retrieved on 15 July 2016.
  13. ↑ Uuwi na si Udong | Public Affairs | GMA News Online. GMA News Online (28 April 2007). Retrieved on 15 July 2016.
  14. ↑ David bags US award; the uwang trade | Public Affairs, GMA News Online; retrieved 15 July 2016.
  15. ↑ Schistosomiasis, GMA News Online; retrieved 15 July 2016.
  16. ↑ Sine Totoo presents Gapos, Gmanetwork.com; retrieved 15 July 2016.
  17. ↑ Kara David investigates the truth behind the Tasaday tribe, PEP.ph; retrieved 15 July 2016.
  18. ↑ The Peabody Awards. The Peabody Awards (21 May 2016); retrieved 15 July 2016.
  19. ↑ Lotto Results for 17 April 2011, philstar.com (18 April 2011); retrieved 15 July 2016.
  20. ↑ 24 Oras and I-Witness, nominees in Intl Emmy Awards, PEP.ph; retrieved 15 July 2016.
  21. ↑ http://jciphil.com/?page_id=149%7Cpublisher=JCI
  22. ↑ Alumna Kara David produces Peabody Award-winning docu. up.edu.ph
  23. ↑ "Kara David, 10 others cited as outstanding women". GMA News Online. 5 November 2010.
  24. ↑ "Kara David, Asuncion Maramba bag Titus Brandsma media award". The Manila Times. 16 October 2011.
  25. ↑ "Golden Screen TV Awards winners". Balita – Tagalog Newspaper Tabloid. 2 December 2011.
  26. ↑ Basil, Timmy (25 November 2011). "PMPC Star Awards for TV winners". Sun.Star.
  27. ↑ "GMA News dominates COMGUILD Awards". The Philippine Star. 11 August 2012.
  28. ↑ "Jessica Soho, Kara David at programang 24 Oras, pinarangalan sa Comguild Awards". 12 August 2013.
  29. ↑ "2013 Rotary Golden Wheel Award for Kara David". The Philippine Star. 28 October 2013.
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