Maria Ressa, co-founder of the Philippines-based online news organization Rappler.com, and internationally recognized music composer Julia Wolfe will be honored on Alumni Day, Feb. 19, 2022.
Maria Ressa, Filipino-American journalist who, through Rappler, the Manila-based digital media company for investigative journalism she cofounded, became known for exposing government corruption and the weaponization of social media. With Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, she was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.
By Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa got accustomed to working against a backdrop of violence early in her career, having cut her journalistic teeth reporting from conflict zones. But the 58-year-old said even that experience failed to prepare her for the torrent of threats, hatred and abuse she has faced from supporters of her country s authoritarian president since she co-founded investigative news site Rappler in 2011. There were so many hate messages . Ninety hate messages an hour, 90 rape threats per minute, the first Nobel laureate from the Philippines told Reuters in 2017. When I was younger I was a war correspondent. That was easier than this. Currently free on bail as she appeals a six-year prison sentence handed down last year for a libel conviction, Ressa expressed shock and disbelief on Friday after sharing the Prize with Russian investigative journalist Dmitry Muratov. We are caught in a battle for facts, she said. .I ve never li