Ana Marie "Amy" Pamintuan is a Filipino journalist who currently serves as

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...

of ''

The Philippine Star ''The Philippine Star'' (self-styled ''The Philippine STAR'') is an English-language newspaper in the Philippines and the flagship brand of the Philstar Media Group. First published on July 28, 1986, by veteran journalists Betty Go-Belmonte, ...

''.

Biography

In 1981, Pamintuan graduated with a journalism degree from

UP Diliman The University of the Philippines Diliman (also called UPD; ), also referred to as UP Diliman, is a public, coeducational, research university located in Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines. It was established on February 12, 1949, as the flagsh ...

which would later bestow her various honors as an outstanding alumna. She was first a long-time reporter before writing passionate news commentaries under the column name of Sketches published thrice a week by The Star. In 1995, the

Vantage Press Vantage Press was a publishing company based in New York City with an advertised office in Hollywood. The company was founded in 1949 and ceased operations in late 2012. Vantage was the largest vanity press in the United States. In 1955, they lan ...

published Pamintuan's novel ''The Face of the Enemy''. Also The Star's past executive editor, Pamintuan now serves as editor-in-chief after replacing Isaac Belmonte in January 2012. That was 26 years in the making for a Star reporter to be elevated to the top post of EIC. Pamintuan has also been co-hosting current affairs programs on TV5 since 2018 for '' The Chiefs'' and the election-coverage ''Bilang Pilipino'' since 2016.

Career highlights and distinctions

*''Fellow'', Global Managers' Program,

Asian Institute of Management The Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is a highly acclaimed management school and research institution located in Makati in The Philippines. Established in partnership with Harvard Business School,, AIM Historical Highlights. in 1968, it is ...

*''Fellow'',

United States Information Service The United States Information Agency (USIA) was a United States government agency devoted to propaganda which operated from 1953 to 1999. Previously existing United States Information Service (USIS) posts operating out of U.S. embassies wor ...

, 1996 *''Outstanding Alumna for Journalism'',

University of the Philippines The University of the Philippines (UP; ) is a Higher education in the Philippines#State universities and colleges, state university system in the Philippines. It is the country's national university, as mandated by List of Philippine laws, Re ...

, 2008 *2x ''Journalist of the Year'', Rotary Club of Manila, 2012 & 2016 *''Outstanding Native of Pangasinan'', 2015 *''Journalists of Courage and Impact Awards'',

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, 2024

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Biography

Career highlights and distinctions

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