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Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Co-founder and CEO, Rappler | Lauréate du prix Nobel de la paix, cofondatrice et PDG de Rappler

Maria Ressa co-founded Rappler, the top digital only news site that is leading the fight for press freedom in the Philippines. As Rappler's CEO, Maria has endured constant political harassment and arrests by the Duterte government, forced to post bail ten times to stay free. Rappler's battle for truth and democracy is the subject of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival documentary, A Thousand Cuts.

 

For her courage and journalistic integrity, Maria has received numerous accolades. In October 2021, she was one of two journalists awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her "efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."

 

In 2022, she was appointed by the United Nations Secretary-General to the Leadership Panel of the Internet Governance Forum and serves as its Vice-Chair.

 

She is an inaugural Carnegie Distinguished Fellow at Columbia University’s newly launched Institute of Global Politics, where she leads projects related to artificial intelligence and democracy. In July 2024, she will join the faculty of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs as a professor of professional practice.

 

Maria authored Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia and From Bin Laden to Facebook. Her most recent book, How to Stand Up to a Dictator, was released in November 2022 and has been translated into 20 languages with more to come.

 

Maria focuses critical attention on the breakdown of our global information ecosystem and how interconnected communities of action can hold the line to protect democratic values.

 

 

Maria Ressa a cofondé Rappler, le premier site d'information exclusivement numérique qui mène le combat pour la liberté de la presse aux Philippines. En tant que PDG de Rappler, Maria a subi un harcèlement politique constant et des arrestations de la part du gouvernement Duterte, et a été contrainte de payer une caution dix fois pour rester en liberté. Le combat de Rappler pour la vérité et la démocratie a fait l'objet d'un documentaire au festival du film de Sundance en 2020, A Thousand Cuts.

 

Pour son courage et son intégrité journalistique, Maria a reçu de nombreuses récompenses. En octobre 2021, elle a été l'une des deux journalistes à recevoir le prix Nobel de la paix en reconnaissance de ses "efforts pour sauvegarder la liberté d'expression, qui est une condition préalable à la démocratie et à une paix durable".

 

En 2022, elle a été nommée par le secrétaire général des Nations unies au groupe de direction du Forum sur la gouvernance de l'internet, dont elle est la vice-présidente.

 

Elle est la première Carnegie Distinguished Fellow du tout nouvel Institute of Global Politics de l'université de Columbia, où elle dirige des projets liés à l'intelligence artificielle et à la démocratie. En juillet 2024, elle rejoindra la faculté de l'École des affaires internationales et publiques de l'université Columbia en tant que professeur de pratique professionnelle.

 

Maria est l'auteur de Seeds of Terror : An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda's Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia et From Bin Laden to Facebook. Son livre le plus récent, How to Stand Up to a Dictator, a été publié en novembre 2022 et a été traduit en 20 langues, et d'autres sont à venir.

 

Maria se concentre sur l'effondrement de notre écosystème mondial de l'information et sur la manière dont les communautés d'action interconnectées peuvent maintenir la ligne de démarcation pour protéger les valeurs démocratiques.

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