Gaby Baizas is a journalist, writer, and researcher based in Manila, Philippines.
I write about social media platforms, disinformation, media and journalism issues, and online culture.
I am currently pursuing an MSc in Media and Communications (Data and Society) at the London School of Economics and Political Science under the United Kingdom's Chevening Scholarship.
Until September 2025, I was a full-time digital forensics researcher for the award-winning, Manila-based newsroom Rappler.
Select works
✦ How Chinese state-owned Media Unlocked targets AFP, DND (June 2025)
✦ What makes AI-generated Duterte statues so popular online? (June 2025)
✦ Philippine media is at a crossroads — and it’s impacting journalists (February 2025)
✦ Marcos, the inaccessible president (July 2024)
✦ Gen Z Filipinos struggling to make ends meet because of the economy (December 2023)
✦ Finding my way to Neo City with NCT 127 (September 2022)
✦ On YouTube, vlogger Sangkay Janjan gets away with lies and hate (June 2022)
✦ The best thing you can do as an LGBTQ+ ally is… (June 2021)
✦ The out-of-touch, elitist gaps in our lockdown (March 2020)
© 2025 Gaby Baizas
Headshot by LeAnne Jazul