It was that love she showed throughout my wife’s ordeal that made me ask her to write the introduction for my book, “88 Days In India, A Pilgrimage of Faith, Hope & Love.”
And now it begins—the realization that Letty (Jimenez-Magsanoc) has passed away.
Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc was not just a keeper of the Edsa flame. She was a keeper, too, of the flame of the dreams of young aspiring journalists. Philippine journalism has lost
A SECRET FAIRY GODMOTHER By Ruth Navarra-Mayo Editor, Junior Inquirer “More of that. My apo liked it,” she would say about an issue of Junior Inquirer that she appreciated.
Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc was an icon of democracy and press freedom, the INQUIRER’s editor in chief for 24 years, and my boss for 10. As a journalism student, I read about
It is my college graduation in the summer of 2012. Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc, editor in chief of the Inquirer, hands me onstage a plaque of recognition and my first Guyito
My earliest memory of working under LJM was when I overheard her admonish someone for spelling Hong Kong as “Hongkong.” “Two words!” It was a couple of minutes before deadline and
There was an unspoken belief in the Inquirer newsroom that editor in chief Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc was immortal or invincible—that she would outlive everyone. The public will remember LJM, as we fondly called
It was Christmas Eve, just a couple of hours before midnight. I was on the floor surrounded by freshly bought presents, wrapping paper and ribbons, finally ready to feel the holiday
I’ve forgotten how many times I’ve cried in Letty Jimenez-Magsanoc’s office while she shuffled back and forth between summoning the copyboys and holding my hand.
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