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Thomas Mangloña II is a journalist from the island of Rota in the CNMI, with experience in local, regional, and national newsrooms. He is a multi-media journalist who produces, shoots, and edits daily content. His journalism career started in middle school after he noticed his home island was severely underrepresented in the news. He wanted to change that and started his own blog to tell his community's stories. Thomas hasn't stopped writing since then. He recently founded a multimedia, digital news outlet, Marianas Press. 

After three decades since it shuttered, Thomas revived the CNMI Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) and currently serves as its president. He is also an active member of the Indigenous Journalists Association (IJA) and Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA). At AAJA, he founded the Pacific Islander Journalism Task Force to advocate for journalists and coverage across Oceania. He previously worked as the Chief Regional Correspondent for KUAM News and was based on Saipan where he covered the Northern Mariana Islands and the Pacific.

Thomas received an M.A. in Journalism at Stanford University as a Harry S. Truman Scholar. He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate from the University of California at Berkeley where he earned his B.A. in Media Studies with High Distinction in 2020 as a 2016 Gates Millennium Scholar. At UC Berkeley, he served as executive director of its television news station, CalTV, and supervised over 100 members.