Buena Bernal is a Manila-based freelance journalist with professional experience in print, online and broadcast journalism.
She is a writer, reporter and producer trained in breaking news, enterprise journalism and cultivating news sources, with a unique blend of previous beat reporting on the courts and the justice system, labor and migration issues, women’s rights and healthcare.
She freelances for CNN International, Channel NewsAsia, Union of Catholic Asian News, Asia Sentinel and Al Jazeera English, among others. She has assisted in coverages for SBS World News Australia and started as a staffer for news site Rappler while in college.
She also created Workers Of PH, an online platform for stories about the courage and grit of Filipino workers.
Email her at buenabernal@gmail.com for projects, pitches and story tips.
