Letty Jimenez Magsanoc
| Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc | |
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| Born |
Leticia Jimenez September 13, 1941 Manila, Philippines |
| Died | December 24, 2015 (aged 74) Quezon City, Metro Manila |
| Other names | LJM |
| Occupation | Journalist, Editor |
| Spouse(s) | Dr. Carlos Magsanoc |
| Children |
Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala Dr. Nikko Magsanoc Dr. Marti Magsanoc |
| Parent(s) | Nicanor Jimenez (father) |
Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc (September 13, 1941 – December 24, 2015) was a Filipino journalist and editor, notable for her role in overthrowing the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. She was an icon of democracy. Magsanoc was editor of the crusading weekly opposition tabloid Mr & Ms Special Edition. She was editor in chief of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Jimenez-Magsanoc was the eldest of nine children of Colonel Nicanor Jimenez, a former Philippine National Railways (PNR) manager and director of the NISA, the government intelligence agency, later Philippine ambassador to Korea. She is survived by her husband Dr. Carlitos Magsanoc; and her children Kara Magsanoc, married to Dondi Alikpala and their children; Dr. Nikko Magsanoc, married to Gina Bengzon Magsanoc; and Dr. Marti Magsanoc.
Magsanoc described herself as "newspaper-struck" from an early age, contributing features to the (Philippine) Sunday Times Magazine while a senior at St. Teresa's College, Manila, encouraged by Times women's editor Eugenia Apostol. She spent most of the 1960s in the United States, taking a masters in journalism at the University of Missouri. In 1963, she married Carlos Magsanoc, a doctor. Her daughter Kara Magsanoc-Alikpala is a broadcast journalist who produces news documentaries. Jimenez-Magsanoc died on the night of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2015 at St. Luke's Medical Center in Taguig City, after suffering from cardiac arrest.
The Magsanoc family returned to the Philippines in 1969. Magsanoc joined the Manila Bulletin. When the women's section editor of the Bulletin's Sunday magazine, Panorama left, Magsanoc was asked to take the job. "The last place I wanted to land in, in any publication was the women's pages, which I consider a journalism ghetto. I was trying to get away from writing about lipstick and fashion. fortunately I was allowed to write about almost anything. Sometimes it had nothing to do with women.".
In 1976, Magsanoc began to write for the daily Manila Bulletin, after a co-editorship with a male colleague did not work. She wrote a thrice weekly column, The Passing Scene, alternating with columnist Tony Nieva. Later, she was given her own column Not for People Only. This was when she began to get into trouble with authorities for being critical of the post-martial law Marcos government.
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