About Maria Ressa
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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Awards & Honors
Nobel Peace Prize
World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award
Fulbright Scholarship
Kurt Tucholsky Prize
UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
BBC 100 Women
Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech
Asia's Most Influential Philippines
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Free Press Unlimited Most Resilient Journalist Award
