Outstanding Achiever in Visual Journalism

With a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Editorial Design from University of the Philippines, Lynett graduated in 1972 when martial law was declared in the Philippines compromising careers in mass media. Finding herself in the opposition, she was nurtured by women journalism icons like Eugenia Duran Apostol, founder of Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI), originally a guerilla broadsheet announcing “Balanced News, Fearless Views” that impassioned People Power in 1986. Lynett designed PDI’s masthead, nameplate and uncountable pages of incendiary news, pioneering in infographics. She discovered her writing voice, aiding media people defending press freedom during martial law as well as today.