Maria Ressa

Fil-Am veteran journalist Maria Ressa warns of how social media could have dangerous impacts on democratic societies. That’s why she’s pushing for regulations, especially with national elections in the Philippines taking place next year. This report...

Opening in select theaters and virtual cinemas this weekend is “A Thousand Cuts”, a thought-provoking look at press freedom in the Philippines embodied by the embattled Rappler CEO Maria Ressa. On the other side of the...

Sundance features film following Maria Ressa’s fight for truth and democracy By Jared Bray, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau SALT LAKE CITY — A film that follows a Philippine journalist’s fight for press freedom premiered at...

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — International journalists have converged to Los Angeles for LA Press Freedom Week, raising awareness on the challenges journalists face all over the world. Among those giving some insights — Filipino-American Maria Ressa,...

Rappler CEO and renowned journalist Maria Ressa is one of TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential persons in 2019. “Losing an independent Senate is game over” for the checks and balances in the Philippine governments, she told...

PHILIPPINES — A number of Filipino journalists and lawyers are behind a plot to oust President Rodrigo Duterte — according to a matrix published by The Manila Times on Monday. The report supposedly details a closely...

WASHINGTON DC — “No justice, no peace, stop the killings in the Philippines!” Their loud chants filled the historic Hart Senate office building atrium – where some of the biggest and consequential protests in Washington DC’s...

WASHINGTON DC — From the east coast to the west, hundreds of Filipino activists and their allies trooped to the nation’s capital to send a loud message to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. A die-in protest at...

SAN FRANCISCO — Fil-Am journalist Maria Ressa, co-founder and CEO of Rappler, has been preaching for the protection of press freedom. She and her newsgroup have been a favorite target of attacks by President Rodrigo Duterte and his...

DALY CITY, CA — Filipinos gathered at the Pilipino Bayanihan Resource Center in Daly City to hear a statement from Rappler CEO and chief editor Maria Ressa regarding press freedom and democracy in the Philippines. Recently, Ressa...