Filipino journalist Maria Ressa received the Columbia Journalism School Award in New York during the institution’s commencement ceremonies for the class of 2019. Rappler’s Founder and Chief Executive Officer received the award in New York during ceremonies livestreamed on social media on May 22, 2019. The Columbia Journalism School’s faculty cited Maria Ressa “for the […]
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Maria Ressa is TIME Person of the Year 2018
Filipino journalist Maria Ressa has been named as TIME Person of the Year 2018, along with other international journalists who have been named “The Guardians” in the “War on Truth.” Ressa of Philippine news website Rappler, together with Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi of the Washington Post, Reuters Burmese journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, […]
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Maria Ressa wins 2018 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award in New York
Filipino journalist Maria Ressa received the 2018 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in ceremonies held in November in New York.
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Journalist Inday Espina-Varona nominated for RSF Press Freedom Awards
Filipino journalist Ma. Salvacion “Inday” Espina-Varona is on the shortlist of Reporters Sans Frontiers (RSF) Press Freedom Awards.
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Maria Ressa wins Golden Pen of Freedom award in Portugal
Rappler chief Maria Ressa was awarded the Golden Pen of Freedom at the 70th World News Media Congress held in Portugal.
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Pinoy Anchor Rico Hizon wins Asian TV Awards for BBC News
Filipino broadcast journalist Rico Hizon was again a source of national pride as he was awarded by the 22nd Asian Television Awards (ATA) for Newsday, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) World News program he co-anchors live in Singapore with Babita Sharma in London. The award marked the first time a worldwide news program anchored by […]
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