Ressa on democracy’s fight in the social media era

Since 2016, Maria Ressa (pic) and her team of journalists at the Philippines-based news site Rappler – which she co-founded and serves as executive editor – have been squarely in the crosshairs of President Rodrigo Duterte.

It’s part of an ongoing battle between the president and Pinoy journalists, Ressa included, who have covered his violent “drug war”, a campaign that has resulted in thousands of deaths, many suspected as unlawful – and called into question the viability of the fourth estate in the Philippines.