User:Walter.balane

Walter I. Balane is a journalist based in Bukidnon, Philippines.

He finished his Bachelor's degree in Economics-Management at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas in 1999.

He worked as editor of the Central Mindanao Newswatch from 2002 to 2004; and from 2008 up to August 2011.

He co-founded the Bukidnon News and Information Service Cooperative on February 1, 2011. The group later called BUKIDNON NEWS (Network of Editors and Writers for Social Change) INC. published the Bukidnon News Dispatch, Bukidnon's first community news service and bukidnonnews.net, a community online news publication.

The Bukidnon news group was inspired by MindaNews, a news service organization based in Davao City, where Balane is among the reporters. He is also among the regular members of the Mindanao News and Information Center Cooperative (MNICC), which runs MindaNews.

He is a fellow of the Asian Center for Journalism (ACFJ) at the Ateneo de Manila University, where he is completing his Master of Arts in Journalism.

Mr. Balane is the president of the Bukidnon Press Club since February 2011.