Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines
$400 - $1200 / Day
I'm Tammy Danan and I'm a freelance storyteller. I'm a person of words but I can't help but take a deep-dive into video and photography. Currently based in Davao City, Philippines, I try to focus on stories of women, LGBTQ+ folks, indigenous people and refugees. I work with a humble team of four talented and highly creative brains, though sometimes, we're scattered with our separate projects. Past works include one for OZY where I interviewed a teacher terrorized for teaching indigenous people, Momentist where I chatted with various mobile photographers, VICE where I got in touch with three different organizations around the globe to know the state of human trafficking and modern slavery, OFF Assignment, GO Mag, and a few more.
For this, my photographer and I went to The Philippine Eagle Center, one of the last few places on earth where you can see the critically endangered Philippine Eagle up-close. We patiently waited for the eagle to calm down and be 'chill' with us being there before my photographer was able to take photos, while I was interviewing the keepers who help these eagles survive their day to day.
How did you become a journalist? W A seemingly simple question most of us don't even ask ourselves. For this OFF Assignment story, I wrote a letter to the person who inspired me to become a storyteller. And as the the story of this child unfolds, so does my journey to being the kind of storyteller I am today.
Produced for Al Jazeera English - Digital
Martial law creating more problems for Lumad on troubled island as Philippine government battles Communist rebels.
Produced for Vice
It is one thing to acknowledge that human trafficking still happens, it's another to actually know what we can do about it, and the do something about it. For this piece, I talked to three different organizations with one same goal - fight human trafficking - and laid out how complex human trafficking really is, and what we can do about it.
Produced for OZY
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