Mark Z. Saludes is a writer and documentary photographer whose works focus on social injustices, human rights, the environment and climate crisis, faith and religiosity, Indigenous People, and peace and conflict. He is the Editor at LiCAS.news - a Catholic news agency under the umbrella of the Archdiocese of Bangkok.
He serves as the chief of staff of the Laudato Si Information and Media Resource Center and as a News Producer at Altermidya Network. He covers the Philippines for the Boston-based Christian Science Monitor and works as a freelance cameraperson and producer for Al Jazeera Manila (English).
In 2014, Mark produced a documentary photography series on the small-scale mining industry in the Bicol region for the Master Class on Documentary Photography, under the mentorship of veteran photojournalist Alex Baluyut.
In 2015, the New York-based Human Rights Watch commissioned him to document child labor in the mining industry, resulting in a report published worldwide in September 2015.
He has worked as a freelance contributor for various news entities, including Rappler, ABS-CBN News, and GMA News. In December 2015, he also served as a freelance writer and photographer for the Catholic news site Union of Catholic Asian News. In October 2019, Mark began working as a reporter for the Bangkok-based LiCAS.news.
He was a recipient of the 2020 Women, Peace, and Security Reporting Awards and one of the top 10 finalists for the 2020-21 Journalism for an Equitable Asia Awards. He was also a recipient of the 2018 Gawad Agong sa Pamamahayag Awards and the 2016 Save the Children Most Outstanding Photograph, People’s Choice Award.
He serves as vice-chairperson of the Photojournalists’ Center of the Philippines. He is a member of the Foreign Correspondents Association of the Philippines, the National Press Club of the Philippines, and the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines. He also serves as the National Safety Officer of the Altermidya Network.
Mark is a member of SIGNIS, a Catholic lay ecclesial moMore...