Maria Angelita Ressa

Maria Angelita Ressa or Maria Ressa has worked for every major television network in the Philippines and was one of the founders of independent production company, Probe. In 2005, she became the senior vice-president of ABS-CBN's news group, heading the largest multi-platform news operation in the Philippines. For 6 years, she set strategic direction, ran training programs for more than 1,000 journalists and helped put together a comprehensive standards & ethics manual. She streamlined workflows and helped increase the group's gross profit rate from 54% to 70%.

Maria taught courses in politics and media for her alma mater, Princeton University, and in broadcast principles at the University of the Philippines. Her upcoming book, From Bin Laden to Facebook, is part of her work as author-in-residence and senior fellow at the International Centre for Political Violence & Terrorism Research in Singapore.

Controversy
Here’s the 2002 article on the “private businessman” who filed the cyberlibel case, which was thrown out by the NBI then revived by the DOJ. #HoldTheLine

Philstar.com deletes 2002 article on Wilfredo Keng‬

Philippines journalist Maria Ressa found guilty of 'cyber libel' in latest blow to free press

Maria Ressa, Rey Santos Jr convicted of cyber libel

Journalist Maria Ressa found guilty of 'cyberlibel' in Philippines

Nobel Peace Prize

Norwegian labor leader and parliamentary representative Jonas Gahr Støre  nominated Reporters Without Borders, Committee to Protect Journalists, and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021.

Category
2021