Rico Hizon is Rotary Club of Manila's 'Broadcast Journalist of the Year'

MANILA, Philippines - BBC World News anchor Rico M. Hizon received from the Rotary Club of Manila the 2012 Broadcast Journalist of the Year award. Rico is the first overseas-based Filipino journalist to achieve this recognition. Rico accepted the award from RCM Journalism Awards chairman Jose Manuel Romualdez and Rotary Club of Manila president Banit Caasi. 

Now in his 25th year in the broadcasting industry and 10th year with international broadcaster BBC World, Rico anchors two global news programs, Newsday and Asia Business Report, which are broadcast to over 300 million households worldwide.

Two-story billboard promoting BBC Newsday at Raffles Place, Singapore’s Central Business District.

In his acceptance speech, Rico thanked the BBC for the trust and confidence they have placed in him and said “As a journalist, BBC News has taught me so much in terms of editorial values, which has allowed me to act independently of all interests, and to aspire to the highest ethical standards. We uphold the key principles of impartiality, accuracy and fairness.”

Rico is the only Filipino male broadcast journalist to anchor for two of the world’s biggest news networks: CNBC Business News and BBC World News.