December 13, 2024
Alsu Kurmasheva, Maria Ressa and Jonathan Munro
Alsu Kurmasheva, Jonathan Munro, Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa
CEO of Rappler, Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
With media freedom threatened worldwide, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva–recently released from wrongful detention in Russia–Nobel laureate Maria Ressa and the BBC’s Jonathan Munro discuss the dangers reporters face abroad.
Maria Ressa, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist who faces prison time for standing up to authoritarianism in the Philippines, discusses how the spread of false news through social media threatens democracy and the importance of a free press.
