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((Philippine name|Panganiban|Estella|Simbulan|ph=married))
((Infobox person
| name                    = Chit Estella-Simbulan
| image                   = BantayogWall20181115Alternativity-2016.jpg
| image_size              = 
| caption                 = Detail of the Wall of Remembrance at the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]], showing names from the 2016 batch of Bantayog Honorees, including that of Chit Estella.
| birth_name              = Lourdes Panganiban Estella
| birth_date              = ((birth date |1957|08|19|mf=y ))
| birth_place             = [[Quezon City]], [[Philippines]]
| death_date  = ((death date and age |2011|05|13 |1957|08|19 |mf=y ))
| death_place = Quezon City, Philippines
| death_cause   = [[Car accident]]
| alma_mater = [[University of the Philippines Diliman]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation              = Journalist
| spouse                  = Ronald Simbulan
| children                = 
| education               = 
| television              = 
| yearsactive             = 
| parents                 = 
| awards                  = Honored at the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]] Wall of Remembrance
))'''Lourdes "Chit" Panganiban Estella-Simbulan''' (August 19, 1957 – May 13, 2011) was a Filipino journalist<ref name="ABSCBNObit20110513">((Cite news |url=http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/05/13/11/journalist-chit-estella-killed-crash |title=Journalist Chit Estella killed in crash |work=ABS-CBN News |access-date=2018-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420015533/http://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/05/13/11/journalist-chit-estella-killed-crash |archive-date=2018-04-20 |url-status=live |language=en-US))</ref> and professor,<ref name="Flores20110514">((Cite news |url=http://www.tinigngplaridel.net/news/2011/simbulan-writes-30/ |title=Simbulan writes 30 |last=Flores |first=Mikhail Franz |date=2011-05-14 |work=Tinig ng Plaridel (Official Student Publication of the UP College of Mass Communication) |access-date=2018-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420014914/http://www.tinigngplaridel.net/news/2011/simbulan-writes-30/ |archive-date=2018-04-20 |url-status=live |language=en-US))</ref> known for her critical writings on government repression, abuse, corruption and human rights violations.<ref name="BantayogProfile20161129">((Cite news |url=http://www.bantayog.org/estella-simbulan-lourdes-p/ |title=ESTELLA-SIMBULAN, Lourdes P. – Bantayog ng mga Bayani |date=2016-11-29 |work=Bantayog ng mga Bayani |access-date=2018-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018160114/http://www.bantayog.org/estella-simbulan-lourdes-p/ |archive-date=2017-10-18 |url-status=live |language=en-US))</ref>

Estella-Simbulan is particularly known for having been instrumental in the founding of the [[Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism]] and of [[Vera Files]], two of the Philippines' most prominent independent investigative journalism organizations;<ref name="Pimintel 20110515">((Cite news |url=http://globalnation.inquirer.net/1854/chit-estella-journalism-with-integrity |title=Chit Estella: Journalism with Integrity |last=Pimentel |first=Benjamin |date=2011-05-15 |work=Philippine Daily Inquirer |access-date=2018-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813025101/http://globalnation.inquirer.net/1854/chit-estella-journalism-with-integrity |archive-date=2011-08-13 |url-status=live |language=en))</ref> and for being editor in chief of the Pinoy Times, a tabloid whose exposés played a role in the ouster of Philippine President Joseph Estrada.<ref name="NeimanReports2002">((Cite news |url=http://niemanreports.org/articles/new-media-played-a-role-in-the-peoples-uprising/ |title=New Media Played a Role in the People's Uprising |last=Coronel |first=Sheila S. |date=2002-06-15 |work=Nieman Reports |access-date=2018-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426032219/http://niemanreports.org/articles/new-media-played-a-role-in-the-peoples-uprising/ |archive-date=2015-04-26 |url-status=live |publisher=Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard |language=en-US))</ref>

In recognition of her early work, as a journalist during the Philippines' Martial Law period under [[Ferdinand Marcos]], Estella-Simbulan's name was one of 19 added in November 2016 to the inscriptions on the ''[[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]]'' (Monument of the Heroes) Memorial Wall, which is dedicated to individuals who "''defied risks and dedicated their life for the cause of truth, justice, peace and freedom for the Filipino people''" during the Marcos regime.<ref name="Torralba20161208">((Cite news |url=http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-trustee-one-19-freedom-fighters-honored-bantayog |title=VERA Files trustee one of 19 freedom fighters honored by Bantayog ng mga Bayani - Vera Files |last=Torralba |first=Alanah |date=2016-12-08 |work=Vera Files |access-date=2018-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420021341/http://verafiles.org/articles/vera-files-trustee-one-19-freedom-fighters-honored-bantayog |archive-date=2018-04-20 |url-status=live |language=en))</ref>

== Education and personal life ==
Estella-Simbulan was born in [[Quezon City]] to Elijio Edarad Estella and Antonia Mapala Panganiban. She finished her primary and secondary schooling at St. Joseph's College, and studied AB Journalism at the [[University of the Philippines Diliman]]. She pursued graduate studies at the [[University of the Philippines Open University|Open University of the University of the Philippines]], with a Master in Public Management.<ref name="BantayogProfile20161129"/>

She was married to Roland Simbulan, an author, professor and long-time advocate against nuclear power.<ref name="GMA20110531">((Cite news |url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/222153/chit-estella-s-widower-still-grieves-for-his-soulmate/story/ |title=Chit Estella's widower still grieves for his 'soulmate' |date=2011-05-31 |work=GMA News Online |access-date=2018-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180420025123/http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/222153/chit-estella-s-widower-still-grieves-for-his-soulmate/story/ |archive-date=2018-04-20 |url-status=live |language=en-US))</ref>

== Journalism career ==
((more citations needed|section|date=May 2018))
Estella was studying journalism at the University of the Philippines during the beginnings of the [[Martial law in the Philippines|Martial Law]] era. In her sophomore year she began writing for the school newspaper, the ''[[Philippine Collegian]]''.<ref>((cite news |last1=Sta. Ana |first1=Filomeno S. III |title=In memory of Chit Estella |url=http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Opinion&title=in-memory-of-chit-estella&id=31321 |work=Business World |date=2011-05-16))</ref> The paper was previously ordered to be discontinued upon the declaration of martial law, but the university population persisted to have it revived. In 1974, the ''Philippine Collegian'' was re-established. It covered social happenings in the repressive government under Martial Law, and had a staff with strong editorial stances. Estella wrote for the newspaper's current events section, and investigated events that exposed government suppression of truth, corruption, and human rights abuses. In 1975 she also worked at Liwayway Press in Santa Cruz, Manila, where she covered news events.<ref name="BantayogProfile20161129"/> In her senior year, Estella was elected president of the UP Journalism Club.

She wrote for several [[Journalism during the Marcos dictatorship|underground resistance press]], such as the ''Balita ng Malayang Pilipinas (BMP)'', ''Taliba ng Bayan'', and the ''Liberation'', disguised under the nom de guerre "Ka Sandy". Along with other college writers, she would skip classes to pursue assignments for these publications. Her work in the press became significant channels of information to the Filipino public, who were hungry for independent opinion and real, objective news.

After she graduated in 1979, it became difficult to find employment in Marcos crony-controlled publications. With her background of press coverage concerning human rights, protests and social action, she was continually rejected. She later wrote articles for anti-dictatorship groups, such as the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA) of the [[Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines]] (CBCP). She was almost arrested on one occasion in 1982.<ref name="BantayogProfile20161129" /> Estella became a reporter for the ''Manila Evening Post'' and ''Tempo'', before she joined ''Ang Pahayagang Malaya'', an independent newspaper where she covered news at the Malacañan.

She became managing editor of the ''[[Manila Times]]'' in the mid-1990s, and became editor-in-chief of ''Pinoy Times'' in 1999, a tabloid in Filipino notable for its criticisms of then President [[Joseph Estrada]].<ref>((Cite news |last=Bacungan |first=VJ |date=May 13, 2021 |title=Still no justice for journalist Chit Estella 10 years after fatal road crash |work=ABS-CBN News |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/05/13/21/chit-estella-road-crash-justice |access-date=December 22, 2022))</ref> A [[Strategic lawsuit against public participation|libel suit]] filed by Estrada against the ''Manila Times'' forced the paper to issue a front-page apology, which led Estella and fellow editors Booma Cruz, Joel Gaborni, and [[Ed Lingao]] to resign in protest.<ref>((Cite web |last=Santos |first=Jose Bimbo |last2=Pinlac |first2=Melanie |date=2007-09-01 |title=Back to the Past: A timeline of press freedom |url=https://cmfr-phil.org/media-ethics-responsibility/ethics/back-to-the-past-a-timeline-of-press-freedom/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=CMFR |language=en))</ref>

She also wrote for ''Mr. & Ms.'' and the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'', and helped establish the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) and Vera Files. She also edited the ''Philippine Journalism Review'', a publication for the [[Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility]].<ref>((Cite web |last=Olea |first=Ronalyn V. |date=2011-05-20 |title=Lourdes ‘Chit’ Estella-Simbulan, a principled journalist, a compassionate person |url=https://www.bulatlat.com/2011/05/20/lourdes-%e2%80%98chit%e2%80%99-estella-simbulan-a-principled-journalist-a-compassionate-person/ |access-date=2022-12-22 |website=Bulatlat |language=en-US))</ref> In 2001, she returned to her alma mater UP Diliman to teach at the College of Mass Communication.

== Death ==
On May 13, 2011, a passenger bus crashed into a taxi she was riding along [[Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City|Commonwealth Avenue]] in Quezon City, which caused her sudden death.<ref name="ABSCBNObit20110513"/><ref>((cite news|url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/metro-manila/05/16/11/killer-bus-driver-chit-estella-still-hiding|title='Killer' bus driver of Chit Estella still hiding|work=ABS-CBN News|date=May 16, 2011))</ref>

== Legacy ==
[[File:RolandSimbulanBantayog20181130.jpg|thumb|right|[[University of the Philippines]] Professor Roland Simbulan, speaking to students about his wife Chit Estella Simbulan, who is honored on the wall of remembrance at the [[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]], just before the Annual Honoring of Martyrs and Heroes on 30 November 2018.]]In 2012, the first Chit Estella Journalism Awards and Memorial Lectures was established, which aims to honor significant journalism on human rights, both in print and online publications.<ref name="UPDateOnline2012">((Cite web |url=https://upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/dec12/articles/1st_Chit_Estella_Journ_award.htm |title=1st Chit Estella Journalism Awards 2012 |website=The Diliman UPDate Online |publisher=[[University of the Philippines Diliman]] |location=[[Diliman]], [[Quezon City]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117144313/https://upd.edu.ph/~updinfo/dec12/articles/1st_Chit_Estella_Journ_award.htm |archive-date=2013-01-17 |url-status=live |access-date=2018-04-20))</ref> The first lecture was about the human rights situation in the Philippines, delivered by [[Satur Ocampo]], who is a veteran journalist, former political prisoner and representative in Congress.<ref>((Cite web |date=2013-01-15 |title=PDI, Bulatlat reporters win 1st Chit Estella Journalism Awards |url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/85495/pdi-bulatlat-reporters-win-1st-chit-estella-journalism-awards/ |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=Philippine Daily Inquirer |language=en-US))</ref>

In 2015, Vera Files launched the Chit Estella Road Safety Journalism Award,<ref>((Cite news|url=http://verafiles.org/articles/road-safety-journalism-award-launched|title=Road safety journalism award launched - Vera Files|work=Vera Files|access-date=2018-04-19|language=en))</ref> as a special category in the Philippine Journalism Research Conference (PJRC). It expands her current Memorial Awards for Journalism, this time to be awarded to Journalism or Communication students with outstanding research papers or reports on road safety.

In recognition of her early work, as a journalist during the Philippines' Martial Law period under [[Ferdinand Marcos]], Estella-Simbulan's name was one of 19 added in November 2016 to the inscriptions on the ''[[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]]'' (Monument of the Heroes) Memorial Wall, which is dedicated to individuals who "''defied risks and dedicated their life for the cause of truth, justice, peace and freedom for the Filipino people''" during the Marcos regime.<ref name="Torralba20161208"/>

== See also ==
*[[Vera Files]]
*[[Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism]]
*[[University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication]]
*[[Bantayog ng mga Bayani]]
*[[History of the Philippines (1965-1986)]]

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