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‘I have been a writer for almost 40 years. Proudly he made my bones with ink and paper,’ Salud wrote in a 2022 column for Rappler.
MANILA, Philippines – Veteran journalist and author Joel Pablo Salud died on Thursday, March 19, after suffering a heart attack. He was 62.
Salud’s wife, journalist and writer Che Sarigumba, confirmed the news to Rappler.
Salud was the editor-in-chief of the longest running political and literary magazine in the country, Picture of the Philippinesfor 11 years, and wrote columns for LiCAS News Philippines and Philstar Life. He joined the Rappler Main Desk as a senior desk editor from 2021 to 2022.
Salud wrote many books, including his latest, A View from the Foxhole: Making Politics Personal, which won Hilarion and Esther Vibal Award for Best Book in Journalism during the 42nd National Book Awards in 2024.
He also served as chairman of the Writers in Prisons Committee of the PEN Philippines International Center, and was a member of the Writers’ Union of the Philippines.
“I have been a writer for almost 40 years,” Salud wrote Rappler column in 2022. “I proudly made my bones with ink and paper. I am half-dedicated to publishing journalism and publishing books. I am a journalist whose early exploits had nothing to do with that of war correspondents. But as a desk-bound editor, I have had my share of coverage of conflict zones – warring scandals, two different themes, two themes of war. reading more like trenches than sentences, to say nothing of the hard news of ‘lie’.”
“I am proud of the years I have spent as an editor-writer. For me, whose formal education is no longer needed, I am living the dream.”
In the past few years, Salud rediscovered her faith and boldly shared it on her social media accounts.
Salud is survived by his wife and their daughter, Likha. Details of his awakening will follow. – Rappler.com
