Jenny Ortuoste is a teacher, writer, editor, and columnist.
Ortuoste finished Bachelor of Arts in Communication, major in Journalism, at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. She then pursued her graduate studies at the Ateneo de Manila University, finishing Master of Business Administration with a Silver Medal for Academics in 2007, and then Doctor of Philosophy in Communication at UP Diliman in 2016.
In 2011, she was among the fellows of the 50th UP National Writers Workshop. That same year, her essay “The Turn for Home: Memories of Santa Ana Park” won the first prize for essay in English in the 61st Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.
Her short stories have been published in various anthologies and journals; some of them are compiled in her first collection Fictionary. She has also been recognized several times in the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards.
Ortuoste is a board member of the Philippine Center of International PEN; she is also a member of the Manila Critics Circle and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas.
In the past, she served as the website editor-in-chief and the social media head of the People’s Television Network, as well as the online editor of Manila Bulletin.
She is currently assistant professor at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in marketing communication, creative writing, and journalism, as well as an associate fellow of UST’s Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies.
She also continues to write columns for the Manila Standard.
Ortuoste finished Bachelor of Arts in Communication, major in Journalism, at the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman. She then pursued her graduate studies at the Ateneo de Manila University, finishing Master of Business Administration with a Silver Medal for Academics in 2007, and then Doctor of Philosophy in Communication at UP Diliman in 2016.
In 2011, she was among the fellows of the 50th UP National Writers Workshop. That same year, her essay “The Turn for Home: Memories of Santa Ana Park” won the first prize for essay in English in the 61st Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.
Her short stories have been published in various anthologies and journals; some of them are compiled in her first collection Fictionary. She has also been recognized several times in the Nick Joaquin Literary Awards.
Ortuoste is a board member of the Philippine Center of International PEN; she is also a member of the Manila Critics Circle and the Unyon ng mga Manunulat sa Pilipinas.
In the past, she served as the website editor-in-chief and the social media head of the People’s Television Network, as well as the online editor of Manila Bulletin.
She is currently assistant professor at the University of Santo Tomas (UST), where she teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses in marketing communication, creative writing, and journalism, as well as an associate fellow of UST’s Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies.
She also continues to write columns for the Manila Standard.