Harry Gasser (December 2, 1936 – April 3, 2014) was a Philippine news presenter^[2] Gasser was the face of Philippine evening news at the time of the regime of Ferdinand Marcos.^[3]

Career

He started his journalistic career as an anchor of Balita Ngayon on ABS-CBN from 1969 to 1972.^[1] Following the closure of the network during Martial Law, Gasser transferred to BBC-2 where he anchored BBC Primetime News from 1973 to 1977.^[1] He was the main anchor of RPN's NewsWatch during the Marcos regime. He also worked with Radio Veritas as news manager and later moved on to ABS-CBN to anchor TV Patrol in Cebu City from 1998-2001.

• NewsWatch Evening Cast, the first English-language early evening newscast was anchored by Gasser, together with Loren Legarda and Pat Lazaro, later it was anchored by Cielo Villaluna and Cristina Pecson.
• NewsWatch Prime Cast, a late night edition was also anchored by Gasser, Cathy Santillan, and later, Eric Eloriaga.

He was also overseas program manager and news manager of Radio Veritas.^[1]

Personal life

Gasser was married to veteran comedian Flora Gasser. They had two children.^[4] Loren Legarda, who co-anchored NewsWatch with Gasser on RPN, noted that "he was a proud Cebuano."^[4]

Filmography

• Paalam... Bukas ang kasal ko (Goodbye ... Tomorrow is my wedding) (1986)
• Sa mata ng balita': 50 taong pamamahayag sa telebisyon (In the eyes of the news: 50 years of journalism on television) (2003)

Awards

• Lifetime Achievement award given by the Philippine Movie Press Club^[4]