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Sara
Pacia
Communications and Engagement Manager
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Sara is a Filipino journalist and multimedia storyteller at heart, passionate about utilising and appropriating today’s digital technologies for the empowerment of the public and the improvement of media and data literacy. After obtaining her journalism degree from the University of the Philippines, she worked as a Digital Content Editor for the Philippine Daily Inquirer, before receiving her master’s degree in Media and Communications (Data and Society) from the London School of Economics and Political Science as a recipient of the UK Chevening Scholarship.

Among her previous works are the Inquirer Kill List, a database on the fatalities of the Philippine drug war; Pinas to Paris, a multimedia report on climate change adaptation in the Philippines; and Mojo-Manual.org, a mobile journalism manual for journalists. She has also served as a consultant and a resource speaker for academic and civic organizations in the Philippines.

Languages: Filipino, English
Email: sara@engagemedia.org (download PGP key)
Fingerprint: 644C 744C F931 3B11 618B 523D 2523 FB6E 4A0C 3412

Recent posts

#HumanOnTheLine: ‘Human rights should also be protected in the digital space’
  • Sara Pacia
  • 10/06/2021
As part of EngageMedia’s campaign to mainstream digital rights in Thailand, EngageMedia interviews Thitirat Thipsamritkul, a lecturer from Thammasat University’s Faculty of Law, about the state of digital rights in Thailand and why the Thai public should pay attention. The full interview is part of EngageMedia’s broader #HumanOnTheLine campaign to educate and empower Thai netizens about their digital rights.
Video Blog: How will 5G affect AI technologies in Southeast Asia?
  • Sara Pacia
  • 23/02/2021
In the last of our video blog series on artificial intelligence (AI) and Southeast Asia, EngageMedia interviews 5G researcher Melinda Martinus on how the different 5G providers in the region – whether from China or outside Asia – can influence the AI technologies that will be powered by it.
Video Blog: Why AI alone cannot ‘cure’ societal problems
  • Sara Pacia
  • 20/01/2021
Independent researcher Jun-E Tan shares her realisations while researching the opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence has and continues to bring to Southeast Asia. Her video blog is the second in a series, and part of EngageMedia's research on AI and its implications in the region.

Associated Posts

Pretty Good Podcast Episode 8: How Digital Rights Challenges Reflect Democratic Ones In Myanmar
  • Sara Pacia
  • 24/11/2020
Following the recently concluded elections in Myanmar, EngageMedia sits down with Maung Zarni, Burmese scholar and co-founder of Forces of Renewal Southeast Asia (FORSEA), to discuss how the poll results tie into the bigger digital rights challenges facing the country today.
Excerpt: ‘Disrupted Geographies’ in the time of COVID-19
  • Sara Pacia
  • 09/07/2020
In an essay for the Network of Centers, EngageMedia executive director Andrew Lowenthal expounds on COVID-19's impact on shifting geopolitics in the Asia-Pacific, as well as the future of our organisation's work as a regional space-maker for discussions on video for change, open technology, and digital rights.
Opposing the ABS-CBN shutdown
  • Sara Pacia
  • 08/05/2020
At 7:52 p.m. on May 5, 2020, Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN went off the air after its congressional franchise to operate expired the day prior. This article gives context to what happened and provide you with ways you can campaign against the shutdown.

Associated Projects

WTO Unplugged!
  • Rezwan Islam
  • 02/09/2020
The WTO 9th Ministerial Conference was held in Nusa Dua, Bali, on December 3 – 6, 2013. While thousands of journalists came from around the world to report on the meeting, independent journalists were not able to get media pass to cover the event inside the venue. In response to the WTO Ministerial Conference, EngageMedia held a Workshop and Alternative Media Center in Bali from 2-6 December 2013 for the Indonesian video journalists/activists who were not able to join the main conference.
Videokronik...photo by Alexandra Crosby
VideoChronic: Video Activism in Indonesia
  • Yerry Borang
  • 10/06/2020
In 2009 EngageMedia and Kunci Cultural Studies Center launched VideoChronic, a collaborative research project charting how activists are engaging with video technologies in Indonesia, addressing some of the issues of technology-mediated social movements, and exploring the potential and limitations of online video distribution.
Coconet 2019 Group
Coconet: Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Network and Platform
  • Yerry Borang
  • 10/06/2020
Coconet is a network and platform for digital rights movement-building in the Asia-Pacific. Its online hub is Coconet.social, where partners and members of the Coconet community produce and publish regional content on digital rights awareness, advocacy, and activism.

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