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Maria Ressa

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Filipino journalist

JournalistsBorn 1963 · age 62
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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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Maria Ressa
said · 2022
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So we do our best with what we have: we act, and each day we iterate. (p. 257)

How to Stand Up to a Dictator (2022)

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Maria Ressa
said · 2022
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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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Maria Ressa
said · 2022
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Democracy is fragile. You have to fight for every bit, every law, every safeguard, every institution, every story.

How to Stand Up to a Dictator (2022)

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Awards 9

2022Asia's Most Influential Philippines
2021Nobel Peace Prize
2021UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
2020Kurt Tucholsky Prize
2020Free Press Unlimited Most Resilient Journalist Award
2019BBC 100 Women
2018World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award
Fulbright Scholarship
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom of Speech

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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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Journalist
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Born 1963 · age 62
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