Featured press and engagements
Aside from external projects, Natashya has served as an internal speaker for companies such as YouTube, Google, World Economic Forum, and Reddit. She has been interviewed on shows like Al Jazeera's The Stream, and Democracy Now, and speaks on various topics including press freedom, disinformation, storytelling, media ethics and women's issues.
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Asia Foundation Development Fellows Program (Trainer)
Trainer and facilitator in public speaking and storytelling for fellows of the leadership program, 2021-2025
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2023 Social Good Summit (Host/Moderator)
The summit in Manila brings together tech and thought leaders, reform advocates, and sectoral communities to tackle the world's tech-induced challenges. Speakers include 67th U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Philippine Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, and key leaders in tech, business, and civil society. The summit is organized by Rappler, the award-winning newsroom founded by 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Maria Ressa.
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2022 Lisbon Web Summit (Moderator)
The Web Summit, taking place annually in Lisbon, Portugal, is one of the largest tech events in the world. Natashya moderated two discussions in 2022 including a panel on the dangers faced by journalists with Antonio Zappulla, CEO, Thomson Reuters Foundation; Ann Curry, Journalist; Dr Siyabulela Mandela, Director for Africa, Journalists for Human Rights; and a conversation with Alexi Robichaux, CEO and co-founder of BetterUp about Future-minded Leadership, Mental Fitness and the Future of Work.
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BBC's The Inquiry podcast: Can we protect our elections from social media manipulators? (Guest interview)
An estimated 2.6 billion people use social media, but in the online world not everything is what it seems. Fake accounts and automatic programmes can be used to spread disinformation and influence political narratives. We hear from experts across the world about how elections have been fought, and won, with the help of this electronic – and sometimes not so electronic – army. In a world where social media expansion shows no signs of slowing – how do we protect our elections from social media manipulators? Posted December 2019
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Asia Society: Asia's Struggle for a Free Press (Keynote Speaker)
Natashya Gutierrez, editor-in-chief of VICE Media Asia, delivers a presentation on declining press freedom in Asia during the inaugural AsiaX event in New York. March 2019.
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UNESCO and WEF Roundtable: Breaking Through The Bias in AI (Moderator)
UNESCO and the World Economic Forum present Girl Trouble: Breaking Through The Bias in AI on International Women's Day. This timely round-table brings together a range of leading female voices in tech to confront the deep-rooted gender imbalances skewing the development of artificial intelligence. March 2021.
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InAsia Podcast: The Founding of Rappler (Guest interview)
InAsia is a bi-weekly in-depth, in-country resource for readers who want to stay abreast of significant events and issues shaping Asia’s development, hosted by The Asia Foundation. Drawing on the first-hand insight of renowned experts, InAsia delivers concentrated analysis on issues affecting each region of Asia, as well as Foundation-produced reports and polls. Posted February 2022.