Maria Angelita Ressa is a Filipino and American journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN.
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So we do our best with what we have: we act, and each day we iterate. (p. 257)
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If you're lucky, you realize early on that each decision you make answers a question that all of us muddle through: how to build meaning in our lives.
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Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story.
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Arkady BabchenkoAlso won Kurt Tucholsky Prize
Can DündarAlso won World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award
John LewisAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech
Anna PolitkovskayaAlso won UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
Liza SoberanoAlso won Asia's Most Influential Philippines
Aristide BriandAlso won Nobel Peace PrizeAbout this person
Maria Angelita Ressa is a Filipino and American journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate. She is the co-founder and CEO of Rappler. She previously spent nearly two decades working as a lead investigative reporter in Southeast Asia for CNN. She has been a distinguished fellow at Columbia University's new Institute of Global Politics since 2023 and a professor of professional practice in Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs since July 2024.
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