Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Nobel Committee selected them for their work to protect freedom of expression in the Philippines and Russia, respectively.
Ressa called the prize “a global recognition of the journalist’s role in repairing, fixing our broken world”. Co-founder and CEO of digital news outlet Rappler, she is most famous for her investigative journalism in the Philippines into President Duterte’s violent anti-drug campaign, government corruption and the use of social media to spread disinformation.
