She attended Far Eastern University from 2002 through 2006 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications with a major in Broadcast Journalism. She worked as a news reporter for ABS-CBN for 2 years before going to work at Al Jazeera English in August of 2008. Alindogan, based out of Manilla in the Philippines, a producer for Al Jazeera, along with Al Jazeera correspondent for Asia Steve Chao and cameraman Mark Giddens were detained and held for questioning by Malaysian special forces in Sabah on February 20th. The 3 were doing a report on the standoff between the Royal Security Forces of the Sultanate of Sulu and Malaysian authorities. According to Alindogan after she and a colleague were arrested and held by authorities in Sabah: