Nobel Prize shines light in 'dark time' for Philippines' Ressa

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.