Marites Vitug

Marites Javier Dañguilan Vitug is a Filipina journalist and author who co-founded the news magazine Newsbreak. She was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University from 1986 to 1987. Her mother was a member of the Catholic Women's League, while her father was a member of the Knights of Columbus. Vitug in her youth joined the Catholic Marian society called the Sodality of Our Lady. writing for the daily business newspaper Business Day (now BusinessWorld). In April 1985, Vitug received a News Reporting award at the 9th Catholic Mass Media Awards for her work in Business Day during 1984.

Vitug's first book, titled Power from the Forest: The Politics of Logging, was published in 1993 by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. She founded with fellow journalist Glenda Gloria the weekly news magazine Newsbreak, with its first issue released on January 24, 2001.

Vitug is currently the editor-at-large of the Filipino news site Rappler.