About

Hello. My name is Ted Regencia. I’m a multimedia journalist covering the Middle East and Asia-Pacific for Al Jazeera English online. I am currently based in Manila, after stints in Doha, Kuala Lumpur and Istanbul.

I have written stories on the reimposition of US sanctions against Iran, the Iran elections and the first Tehran marathon. I have also covered the 2022 presidential election in the Philippines as well as the deadly anti-drug war of President Rodrigo Duterte.

In 2015, I covered the election in Myanmar, as well as the visit of Pope Francis in the Philippines. I also covered US President Barack Obama’s Manila visit in 2014 and the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan disaster.

In 2012, I graduated from Columbia Journalism School in New York. While in New York, I covered the South Bronx, the poorest congressional district in the US.

Before grad school, I worked as  a freelance journalist in Chicago. In 2011, I interviewed then Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley. I also covered the tornado tragedy in Joplin, Missouri and produced news packages for a Filipino television station.

As a reporter for an ethnic Filipino American publication, I interviewed then-US Senate candidate in Illinois  Barack Obama in 2004. Later, I covered his campaign for the presidency including his pivotal victory in Iowa and his election night rally in Chicago in 2008.

I graduated with a mass communication degree, cum laude, from Silliman University in the Philippines. I also earned a scholarship to study International Relations in Tokyo, Japan.

You can reach me at: tedregencia [at] gmail [dot] com. You can also check my photos on Instagram @tedregencia.