Filipino immigrant Carla Montemayor has won a London Writers Award (LWA) given by Spread the Word, a writer development agency championing the underrepresented and marginalized voices in the United Kingdom publishing industry.
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Journalist Maria Ressa named in Bloomberg 50 List of Most Influential Icons
Filipino journalist Maria Ressa made it to the Bloomberg 50 List of Most Influential Icons who define the year 2020.
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Maria Ressa receives Columbia Journalism School Award in New York
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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TIME 100 Most Influential People lists Filipino journalist Maria Ressa
TIME Magazine has again honored Filipino journalist Maria Ressa by including her in the TIME 100 Most Influential People listing that includes culture icons, pioneers, artists, leaders, titans of industries. Ressa, the Chief Executive Officer of Rappler online news network, was listed among Icons with Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Michelle Obama, and 10 others. The […]
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Maria Ressa champions New Year’s Eve social media campaign to #CelebratePressFreedom
Filipino press freedom advocate Maria Ressa of Rappler championed the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) New Year’s Eve social media campaign #CelebratePressFreedom when she was honored at the Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball Drop. Ressa and the CPJ had issued messages on social media and gave interviews about the need to safeguard press freedom […]
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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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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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