Romero "Rommel" F. Lopez is a journalist, editor, podcast host/producer and educator/trainer.

He is currently the Associate Editor of PressONE.ph.  He is also the host of its weekly news commentary podcast The Press Room. He also writes politics, health, business and science/technology news.

Read moreHe is the Communication Arts program chair of the University of Nueva Caceres – Bataan and a part-time Assistant Professor at the De La Salle University – Dasmariñas and at the Graduate School of the University of Santo Tomas.

He is actively involved with the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) – Media Office where he serves as head of Engagement and Growth. He is also the producer of various podcasts and shows of the Media Office’s Faith Watch YouTube Channel.  He previously served as editor for the print, website and social media teams of Pope Francis’s Apostolic Visit to the Philippines in January 2015 and the International Eucharistic Congress in Cebu in January 2016.  

He is a speaker/trainer in journalism, social media evangelization, digital marketing and PR/Crisis Communication management for various organizations and government agencies. He is a two-time speaker of the Jefferson Fellowship of the East-West Center of Hawaii.

He led the social media team of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation; was PR, Marketing and Communication Head of the Knowledge Channel Foundation, Inc.; Public Affairs Chief of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies and Corporate Communication Manager of Allied Botanical Corporation, the only Filipino seed company in the Philippines.  He finished his Master of Communication Management from the Asian Institute of Journalism and Communication and is currently a Doctor of Communication student at the University of the Philippines - Open University

Jeoffrey Maitem is a journalist based in Davao City, Philippines.