Nationality Filipino Organizations founded Rappler Role Journalist | Name Maria Ressa Profession Journalist, CEO | |
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Born September 2, 1963 (age 60) ( 1963-09-02 ) Alma mater University of the Philippines Diliman Books Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda's Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia Education University of the Philippines Diliman, Princeton University Awards PMPC Star Awards for TV Excellence in Broadcasting Award Nominations News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast Similar People Kelli Arena, Sheila MacVicar, Atika Shubert, Mike Boettcher, Deborah Feyerick Profiles | ||
Maria ressa on journalism technology and the future
Maria A. Ressa is a Filipino journalist, CEO of Rappler, and author of Seeds of Terror, a book published by Free Press that contains blow-by-blow account of the hideouts of Al-Qaeda in Asia.
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- Maria ressa on journalism technology and the future
- Drawing the line maria ressa at tedxkatipunanave
- Life and career
- Awards
- References
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Life and career
Maria studied molecular biology and theater at Princeton University. She then applied for a Fulbright Fellowship, with which she completed her Masters in journalism at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
Her first job was at CNN where she worked for nearly two decades, serving as Manila Bureau Chief from 1988–1995 and as Jakarta Bureau Chief from 1995-2005. She traveled extensively and reported from her base in Southeast Asia as well as India, Pakistan, China, South Korea, Japan, Australia and the United States. As CNN’s lead investigative reporter in Asia, she specialized in investigating terrorist networks. Videotapes of her coverage of terrorism were found in what experts believe to be Osama bin Laden’s private videotape collection in Afghanistan.
Maria served as the head of ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs Department from 2004-2010. She also taught broadcasting principles at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and at Princeton University, she designed and taught a course on Politics and the Press in Southeast Asia.
In an open letter dated October 11, 2010, Ressa noted that she will not renew her six-year contract with the said network, saying that "It’s time for [her] to move on." She is now an author-in-residence at The International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research (ICPVTR) of Nanyang Technological University's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. Ressa and ICPVTR aims to come up with a book "on the terrorism threats in Asia, their connections to the global jihad and how governments are responding to these evolving threats." The book's release is expected to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
In late 2010, Esquire magazine hailed Ressa as the Philippines' "sexiest woman alive", citing her fearlessness in writing an eyewitness account of Al Qaeda "despite her size." She has her own website and has contributed write-ups for CNN and The Wall Street Journal.
Awards
Maria Ressa has won the Overseas Press Club Award for Best Documentary, the National Headliner Award for Investigative Journalism, an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, the Asian Television Awards, TOWNS – Ten Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (Philippines) and TOYM Philippines.