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Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa is the CEO and executive editor, Rappler. She is also one of the journalists honored at the Times Square ball drop on New Year's Eve 2018.
According to her Rappler biography, "Maria has been a journalist in Asia for more than 30 years. She was CNN’s bureau chief in Manila then Jakarta, and became CNN’s lead investigative reporter focusing on terrorism in Southeast Asia. She authored two books – Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia and From Bin Laden to Facebook."
Ressa Ran a News Platform in the Philippines
Her Rappler biography describes how Maria Ressa got her start. "In 1987, Maria co-founded independent production company, Probe. In 2005, she managed ABS-CBN News and Current affairs, the largest multi-platform news operation in the Philippines. Her work aimed to redefine journalism by combining traditional broadcast, new media and mobile phone technology for social change," it reads.
"The CEO and Executive Editor of Rappler.com, Maria is one of the founders of the 6-year-old company, that is one of the leading online news organizations in the Philippines."
She has urged journalists to stand together against what she seems as disinformation and propaganda. "We have to move away from competition because what we’re fighting – this is an attack on information ecosystem,” she said in an article published on Rappler.
In this photo, CEO of Philippine news website Rappler, Maria Ressa, poses during a photo session on September 11, 2018 in Paris.