Maria Ressa to Harvard Grads: 'World Is on Fire. Welcome to the Battle'

Maria Ressa (Source: Rappler | Harvard | Youtube)

Speaking to graduates of the world’s most prestigious university on Thursday morning, May 23, in Cambridge, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa acknowledged the “battle-tested” Class of 2024 of Harvard University for having survived a pandemic and for seeing on their screens the horrors of war (See Rappler for story).

Nobel Laureate Ressa to Get Cannes LionHeart Award

Maria Ressa (Source: Rappler)

Rappler CEO and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa is awarded the prestigious Cannes LionHeart for 2024, Cannes Lions announced Thursday, May 9. The award is given to an individual “who has harnessed their position to make a significant and positive difference to the world around us” (See Rappler for story).

Nobel Winner Ressa to Be Harvard's 2024 Graduation Speaker

Maria Ressa (Source: Rappler | Angie De Silva)

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa will be the principal speaker at Harvard University’s 373rd commencement ceremony on May 23, the university announced on Tuesday, March 19 (See Rappler for story).

Rappler's Ressa Acquitted of All Tax Evasion Charges

Maria Ressa (Source: Rappler)

The acquittal of Nobel laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation (RHC) of all tax evasion charges is a “good sign” for doing business in the Philippines, Ressa said on Tuesday, September 12. “Facts win, truth wins, justice wins” (See Rappler for story). 

PH Court Acquits Nobel Winner Maria Ressa of Tax Evasion

Maria Ressa (Photo by Eloisa Lopez/reuters)

The Philippines’ Court of Tax Appeals on Wednesday has acquitted Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa and Rappler Holdings Corporation of four counts of tax evasion lodged by the Duterte administration (See INQUIRER.net for story).

Maria Ressa Gets George Clooney Foundation Justice Award

Maria Ressa (center) with George and Amal Clooney (Source: Rappler)

Filipino journalist, Nobel Prize winner, and Rappler co-founder Maria Ressa was honored with the Justice for Journalists award at The Clooney Foundation for Justice’s Albie Awards (See Esquiremag.ph for story).

'A Thousand Cuts' Film on Maria Ressa Wins Emmy

Maria Ressa from A Thousand Cuts

A Thousand Cuts, the documentary following Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, has won the award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary at the News and Documentary Emmys on September 29 (See Rappler for story).

Ressa Joins Atlantic Magazine as Contributing Writer

Maria Ressa

The Atlantic‘s editors announced that the Nobel Peace Prize recipient Maria Ressa is joining the magazine as a contributing writer (See MSN for story).