Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, free press advocate, and CEO of Rappler.com Maria Ressa will visit Colgate on Oct. 28 as the speaker for the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at Colgate.
"In 2016, it only took six months for President Duterte to destroy our trust in existing institutions. And I’m not out of the woods. I still have to ask myself, Am I going to jail or not? I don’t know."
Maria Ressa has distinguished herself for investigating Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte s brutal war on drugs and her work against fake news and misinformation. The journalist was one of the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.
Ressa received the award for "efforts to safeguard freedom of expression," primarily with her news outlet Rappler, and during a decadeslong career in investigative and broadcast journalism in Southeast Asia.