Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa: We Need to Take Responsibility for the World We Want
About this episode
Maria Ressa discusses her journey as a journalist and the importance of free speech in democracy.
In this episode of Capital for Good we speak with Maria Ressa, the globally celebrated free speech champion, journalist, entrepreneur, dissident, and winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her work "to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace." Ressa is a co-founder of Rappler, one of the most influential media platforms in the Philippines. For her reporting on the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, Ressa was threatened, arrested, tried, and convicted of cyberlibel, facing over one hundred years imprisonment. Today Duterte has been arrested by the International Criminal Court and awaits trial in the Hague, Ressa has been cleared of nearly all charges, and her work as a journalist and activist continues as she warns of the very real world challenges of online disinformation. We begin with Ressa's earliest days in the United States, when her family immigrated in 1973 after martial law had been declared in the Philippines. We discuss the importance of her education in those years, in elementary, high school, and at Princeton, and the support of those who "taught her to keep learning," lessons that would inform her pursuit…
People in this episode
Guest: Maria Ressa
Topics covered
- free speech
- journalism
- democracy
- disinformation
- activism
- media
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rappler, International Criminal Court, Princeton
Places: Philippines, United States
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