Leezel Tanglao
@leezeltanglao.bsky.social
Head of Audience/Membership The LA Local, FYLPRO Immediate Past President, Tayo Project Director www.leezeltanglao.com
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December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Congratulations to @fylpro.bsky.social @tayohelp.bsky.social team for being awarded American Public Health Association @apha.org Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health community leader award in Washington DC on Nov. 4, 2025.
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/congrat...
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/congrat...
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Congratulations to @fylpro.bsky.social @tayohelp.bsky.social team for being awarded American Public Health Association @apha.org Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health community leader award in Washington DC on Nov. 4, 2025.
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/congrat...
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/congrat...
New month, new week and new role.
It’s been 15 years since I’ve worked in the number 2 market.
After being away working at news organizations in New York and Texas, California has called me home.
It’s been 15 years since I’ve worked in the number 2 market.
After being away working at news organizations in New York and Texas, California has called me home.
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
New month, new week and new role.
It’s been 15 years since I’ve worked in the number 2 market.
After being away working at news organizations in New York and Texas, California has called me home.
It’s been 15 years since I’ve worked in the number 2 market.
After being away working at news organizations in New York and Texas, California has called me home.
Some personal news....After three amazing years at The @dallasnews.com, I'm leaving Texas for the next chapter in my journey (more on that next week)!
It’s been an honor and pleasure to work with everyone at the DMN.
Working at the DMN has been truly full circle: bit.ly/ThankYouDallas
It’s been an honor and pleasure to work with everyone at the DMN.
Working at the DMN has been truly full circle: bit.ly/ThankYouDallas
October 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Some personal news....After three amazing years at The @dallasnews.com, I'm leaving Texas for the next chapter in my journey (more on that next week)!
It’s been an honor and pleasure to work with everyone at the DMN.
Working at the DMN has been truly full circle: bit.ly/ThankYouDallas
It’s been an honor and pleasure to work with everyone at the DMN.
Working at the DMN has been truly full circle: bit.ly/ThankYouDallas
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
Today's the day! Our journalists will be working from The Hub today through Thursday and we want you to join us.
Come learn about what we do, share your ideas and thoughts on our coverage and snag some free food and merch.
More: https://bit.ly/47iwNJo?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Come learn about what we do, share your ideas and thoughts on our coverage and snag some free food and merch.
More: https://bit.ly/47iwNJo?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
October 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Today's the day! Our journalists will be working from The Hub today through Thursday and we want you to join us.
Come learn about what we do, share your ideas and thoughts on our coverage and snag some free food and merch.
More: https://bit.ly/47iwNJo?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Come learn about what we do, share your ideas and thoughts on our coverage and snag some free food and merch.
More: https://bit.ly/47iwNJo?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
#Opportunity: Application deadline for the 2025–2026 Act To Change Youth Ambassador Program is Sept. 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET!
FYLPRO's Tayo hosted 4 ambassadors in 2024-2025 and previously served as one of three mentorship sites in 2022.
acttochange.org/youth-ambass...
FYLPRO's Tayo hosted 4 ambassadors in 2024-2025 and previously served as one of three mentorship sites in 2022.
acttochange.org/youth-ambass...
September 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
#Opportunity: Application deadline for the 2025–2026 Act To Change Youth Ambassador Program is Sept. 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm ET!
FYLPRO's Tayo hosted 4 ambassadors in 2024-2025 and previously served as one of three mentorship sites in 2022.
acttochange.org/youth-ambass...
FYLPRO's Tayo hosted 4 ambassadors in 2024-2025 and previously served as one of three mentorship sites in 2022.
acttochange.org/youth-ambass...
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
#Webinar: Spot the Fake: Navigating AI Content Together Across Generations
FYLPRO's Tayo, in partnership with Opt-Inspire, Inc., invites you to an engaging intergenerational conversation on digital and media literacy.
When: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at 9am PT/Noon ET
Register: bit.ly/TayoSpotTheF...
FYLPRO's Tayo, in partnership with Opt-Inspire, Inc., invites you to an engaging intergenerational conversation on digital and media literacy.
When: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at 9am PT/Noon ET
Register: bit.ly/TayoSpotTheF...
September 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#Webinar: Spot the Fake: Navigating AI Content Together Across Generations
FYLPRO's Tayo, in partnership with Opt-Inspire, Inc., invites you to an engaging intergenerational conversation on digital and media literacy.
When: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at 9am PT/Noon ET
Register: bit.ly/TayoSpotTheF...
FYLPRO's Tayo, in partnership with Opt-Inspire, Inc., invites you to an engaging intergenerational conversation on digital and media literacy.
When: Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at 9am PT/Noon ET
Register: bit.ly/TayoSpotTheF...
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
#Throwback: Protecting your loved ones back in 2021 is just as important today more than ever.
Help us with our next vaccine public service announcement campaign, “Mag Vax Tayo.”
#OpenCastingCall: FYLPRO's Tayo is seeking Filipino actors for a teleserye-style PSA to be released this fall.
Help us with our next vaccine public service announcement campaign, “Mag Vax Tayo.”
#OpenCastingCall: FYLPRO's Tayo is seeking Filipino actors for a teleserye-style PSA to be released this fall.
August 30, 2025 at 1:53 PM
#Throwback: Protecting your loved ones back in 2021 is just as important today more than ever.
Help us with our next vaccine public service announcement campaign, “Mag Vax Tayo.”
#OpenCastingCall: FYLPRO's Tayo is seeking Filipino actors for a teleserye-style PSA to be released this fall.
Help us with our next vaccine public service announcement campaign, “Mag Vax Tayo.”
#OpenCastingCall: FYLPRO's Tayo is seeking Filipino actors for a teleserye-style PSA to be released this fall.
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
FINAL SALE!
#Membership: Want to connect deeply with your peers in an intentional way?
At our parent org FYLPRO, we believe in the power of bringing people together.
Join FYLPRO as a member today and connect with kababayans across the diaspora.
bit.ly/FYLPROFlashM...
#Membership: Want to connect deeply with your peers in an intentional way?
At our parent org FYLPRO, we believe in the power of bringing people together.
Join FYLPRO as a member today and connect with kababayans across the diaspora.
bit.ly/FYLPROFlashM...
August 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
FINAL SALE!
#Membership: Want to connect deeply with your peers in an intentional way?
At our parent org FYLPRO, we believe in the power of bringing people together.
Join FYLPRO as a member today and connect with kababayans across the diaspora.
bit.ly/FYLPROFlashM...
#Membership: Want to connect deeply with your peers in an intentional way?
At our parent org FYLPRO, we believe in the power of bringing people together.
Join FYLPRO as a member today and connect with kababayans across the diaspora.
bit.ly/FYLPROFlashM...
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
#Webinar: Learn from expert physicians about clinical gout symptoms, treatment, and prevention in the Filipino American community.
Usap Tayo: Hoy Tito! Watch Out for Gout - Managing Joint Health for Filipinos
When: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 8pm ET/5pm PT
Register: bit.ly/TayoGoutWebi...
Usap Tayo: Hoy Tito! Watch Out for Gout - Managing Joint Health for Filipinos
When: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 8pm ET/5pm PT
Register: bit.ly/TayoGoutWebi...
August 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#Webinar: Learn from expert physicians about clinical gout symptoms, treatment, and prevention in the Filipino American community.
Usap Tayo: Hoy Tito! Watch Out for Gout - Managing Joint Health for Filipinos
When: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 8pm ET/5pm PT
Register: bit.ly/TayoGoutWebi...
Usap Tayo: Hoy Tito! Watch Out for Gout - Managing Joint Health for Filipinos
When: Wednesday, August 27, 2025 at 8pm ET/5pm PT
Register: bit.ly/TayoGoutWebi...
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
#Explainer: Why Sawsawans Were Pulled From US Stores for Months
After shoppers faced months of empty store shelves and inflated prices, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the ban on certain Philippine condiments, or sawsawans.
After shoppers faced months of empty store shelves and inflated prices, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the ban on certain Philippine condiments, or sawsawans.
August 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
#Explainer: Why Sawsawans Were Pulled From US Stores for Months
After shoppers faced months of empty store shelves and inflated prices, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the ban on certain Philippine condiments, or sawsawans.
After shoppers faced months of empty store shelves and inflated prices, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the ban on certain Philippine condiments, or sawsawans.
Sometimes, long term impact doesn't always come fast and furious.
It comes in waves and builds on the work from those brave enough to chart a course often unknown, filled with challenges and never traveled before.
This story made my day/week:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/impact-...
It comes in waves and builds on the work from those brave enough to chart a course often unknown, filled with challenges and never traveled before.
This story made my day/week:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/impact-...
Impact That Comes in Waves and Grows — Leezel Tanglao
Sometimes, long term impact doesn't always come fast and furious. It comes in waves and builds on those brave enough to chart a course often unknown, filled with challenges and never traveled before...
www.leezeltanglao.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sometimes, long term impact doesn't always come fast and furious.
It comes in waves and builds on the work from those brave enough to chart a course often unknown, filled with challenges and never traveled before.
This story made my day/week:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/impact-...
It comes in waves and builds on the work from those brave enough to chart a course often unknown, filled with challenges and never traveled before.
This story made my day/week:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/impact-...
Reposted by Leezel Tanglao
Last week, @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social was honored @aajaofficial.bsky.social 2025 AAPI Community Impact Award.
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Last week, @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social was honored @aajaofficial.bsky.social 2025 AAPI Community Impact Award.
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
One week can really have a profound impact on your career and personal life just as @aajaofficial.bsky.social's VOICES was for me in 2003. (Shoutout and congrats to the 2025 AAJA VOICES cohort and staff)
Thank you to Mallory Carra for this piece:
nbcuacademy.com/aaja-voices-...
Thank you to Mallory Carra for this piece:
nbcuacademy.com/aaja-voices-...
AAJA Voices, NABJ Student Projects: Where Journalists Launch
Journalists share how student project programs at NABJ, NAHJ and AAJA helped set them on their career paths.
nbcuacademy.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
One week can really have a profound impact on your career and personal life just as @aajaofficial.bsky.social's VOICES was for me in 2003. (Shoutout and congrats to the 2025 AAJA VOICES cohort and staff)
Thank you to Mallory Carra for this piece:
nbcuacademy.com/aaja-voices-...
Thank you to Mallory Carra for this piece:
nbcuacademy.com/aaja-voices-...
Last week, @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social was honored @aajaofficial.bsky.social 2025 AAPI Community Impact Award.
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
August 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Last week, @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social was honored @aajaofficial.bsky.social 2025 AAPI Community Impact Award.
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
This didn't happen overnight. For the last 5 years, we've been meeting nearly every Sunday and we are just getting started.
Our story www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/tayos-i...
"I'm here today because I'm Filipino"
These are 6 words hit me hard and served as a reminder of why we continue to do this work at @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social.
Here's why:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/im-here...
@doublerenvoi.bsky.social
These are 6 words hit me hard and served as a reminder of why we continue to do this work at @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social.
Here's why:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/im-here...
@doublerenvoi.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
"I'm here today because I'm Filipino"
These are 6 words hit me hard and served as a reminder of why we continue to do this work at @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social.
Here's why:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/im-here...
@doublerenvoi.bsky.social
These are 6 words hit me hard and served as a reminder of why we continue to do this work at @fylpro.bsky.social's @tayohelp.bsky.social.
Here's why:
www.leezeltanglao.com/blog/im-here...
@doublerenvoi.bsky.social
Covering crucial topics impacting the community isn't easy but it's important work.
Check out all the culturally tailored stories, explainers, videos and guides the @tayohelp.bsky.social team has been publishing these past couple of months:
Check out all the culturally tailored stories, explainers, videos and guides the @tayohelp.bsky.social team has been publishing these past couple of months:
ICYMI: Tayo has been publishing stories, explainers, videos and resource guides around some of the issues and topics impacting our community. Check out our collection: bit.ly/TayoRacialEq...
July 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Covering crucial topics impacting the community isn't easy but it's important work.
Check out all the culturally tailored stories, explainers, videos and guides the @tayohelp.bsky.social team has been publishing these past couple of months:
Check out all the culturally tailored stories, explainers, videos and guides the @tayohelp.bsky.social team has been publishing these past couple of months:
Last month, we lost a legend. Professor Bob Nakamura was the "Godfather of Asian America media.
If you don't know him, read more about him here: www.aasc.ucla.edu/news/remembe...
If you don't know him, read more about him here: www.aasc.ucla.edu/news/remembe...
July 13, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Last month, we lost a legend. Professor Bob Nakamura was the "Godfather of Asian America media.
If you don't know him, read more about him here: www.aasc.ucla.edu/news/remembe...
If you don't know him, read more about him here: www.aasc.ucla.edu/news/remembe...
They were the Filipino grape pickers who 60 years ago called a strike against vineyard owners that spread north to Delano and helped spark the national farm-labor movement.
May 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
They were the Filipino grape pickers who 60 years ago called a strike against vineyard owners that spread north to Delano and helped spark the national farm-labor movement.
Thank you for the shoutout! Highly recommend this program! You won't regret it!
🔸 Leezel Tanglao (@leezeltanglao.bsky.social), Exec ‘24 alum and Assistant Managing Editor at @dallasnews.com, developed a culturally tailored voter guide for the Hispanic community in North Texas.
interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/eleccio...
interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/eleccio...
interactives.dallasnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Thank you for the shoutout! Highly recommend this program! You won't regret it!
You love to see it. Great seeing @dallasnews.com's Kevin Krause and Jose Luis Adriano Meth project as a finalist for American Bar Association's 2025 Silver Gavel Awards.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Check out the project here: interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/meth-pr...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Check out the project here: interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/meth-pr...
ABA names 2025 finalists for Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts
CHICAGO, March 12, 2025 — The American Bar Association today announced the 24 finalists for the 2025 Silver Gavel Awards for Media and the Arts, which recognize outstanding work that fosters the Ameri...
www.americanbar.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
You love to see it. Great seeing @dallasnews.com's Kevin Krause and Jose Luis Adriano Meth project as a finalist for American Bar Association's 2025 Silver Gavel Awards.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Check out the project here: interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/meth-pr...
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
Check out the project here: interactives.dallasnews.com/2024/meth-pr...
Thank you to @ampress.bsky.social's Emily Ristow for the opportunity to share lessons we learned at Dallas Morning News in informing people about voting process and getting more people to the polls in 2024 election. Steve Bruss, Ashley Slayton and I share 4 highlights betternews.org/newsletter-s...
Newsroom efforts aim to get more Texans informed about voting and to the polls - Better News
The Dallas Morning News gave new or infrequent voters personally curated stories that would equip them to have a voice in 2024.
betternews.org
January 31, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thank you to @ampress.bsky.social's Emily Ristow for the opportunity to share lessons we learned at Dallas Morning News in informing people about voting process and getting more people to the polls in 2024 election. Steve Bruss, Ashley Slayton and I share 4 highlights betternews.org/newsletter-s...
What a time to be alive. I never thought I’d see the day that “Finding your roots” would finally feature a Filipino guest and even better it’s Lea Salonga. Hope to see more kababayans and Asian and Asian Americans in general profiled on this great show www.pbs.org/video/larger...
January 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
What a time to be alive. I never thought I’d see the day that “Finding your roots” would finally feature a Filipino guest and even better it’s Lea Salonga. Hope to see more kababayans and Asian and Asian Americans in general profiled on this great show www.pbs.org/video/larger...