Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa takes a selfie with the Nobel Committee and co-prize winner Dimitrij Muratov after a press conference at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo on December 9, 2021, the day before the awarding ceremony of the Nobel Peace Prize. - AFP
Manila, Dec 10, 2021 (AFP): Veteran Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, who will accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday, has battled multiple legal cases and online abuse in her campaign for press freedom under President Rodrigo Duterte.
The former CNN correspondent co-founded investigative news site Rappler in 2012, bringing together multimedia reporting and social media to offer an edgy take on Philippine current events.
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