Purple Romero is a Filipina multimedia journalist. She has written about politics, gender issues, the environment and international relations for The Guardian,  Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet, the Spanish publication El Mundo ( www.elmundo.es) and others. She is also a freelance producer for Al Jazeera and Channel News Asia. She provides analyses and updates on Philippine politics to Deutsche Welle.


Her 2009 reporting fellowship under Internationales Institut für Journalismus (IIJ) focuses on ASEAN relations and the maritime conflict over South China Sea. She has since written about it and is now a researcher for two books that will tackle the issue – one will be published in the Philippines, the other in London.

Fun fact: On long bus and plane rides, which she often takes to do interviews in various areas, Purple kills time by sketching the scenery she sees or the other passengers around her.