Kara David

Kara David

Kara Patria David (born September 12, 1973) is a Filipino journalist and television host. She is the news anchor of News to Go over at GMA Network, as well as a host and writer for i-Witness. She is also the founder and president of Project Malasakit, a foundation that helps the people she has featured in her documentaries.

She has garnered 14 international awards and 17 local awards for her outstanding documentaries. She has been recognized in several countries for her work and advocacy. Among the awards she has won internationally are the UNICEF Child Rights award, Best Social Awareness Program at the Asian Television Awards and Silver Medal at the US International Film Festival. Locally, she has been named Broadcast Journalist of the Year by the Rotary Club.

Ms. David was the only woman who made it to the list of 2007’s Ten Outstanding Young Men (TOYM) award. In 2010, she was likewise named one the The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS award). Recently, Ms. David won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Awards (Peabody Awards), considered the Nobel Prize in electronic media. She is the 2nd Filipino to win the said award. Ms. David has more than a hundred documentaries to her name. Some of her documentaries have been released on DVD—I-Witness Vol. 1, 2, 3, 4 and the Best of Kara David DVD.

• With daughter Julia

• During a Project Malasakit outreach with Aeta kids

• While on location in Japan for her documentary on the great east Japan tsunami.