Filipino journalist and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa sits by the desk at her home in Manila, Philippines, October 8, 2021. Rappler/Handout via REUTERS
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa got accustomed to working against a backdrop of violence early in her career, having cut her journalistic teeth reporting from conflict zones.
But the 58-year-old said even that experience failed to prepare her for the torrent of threats, hatred and abuse she has faced from supporters of her country's authoritarian president since she co-founded investigative news site Rappler in 2011.
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