ABS-CBN’s battle is also ours
Rappler’s statement on ABS-CBN: ‘Learning from the lessons of history, journalists and other freedom-loving citizens must speak up because to be silent is to be complicit’

'Infodemics': Forum on Information and Democracy names working group members
The 17-member steering committee of the 'working group on infodemics' holds its first meeting to finalize a call for contributions on democratic guarantees in the online space

Rappler ends 2019 with income: A comeback year
It's been 4 years of turning crisis into opportunity

Maria Ressa to receive international 2020 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award
The Washington-based National Press Club has chosen Rappler CEO Maria Ressa for its international Press Freedom Award, which is given to an individual 'who bravely pushes to disclose the truth in trying circumstances'

Forum on Information and Democracy launches working group to fight 'information chaos'
The working group's steering committee will be co-chaired by Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, and Marietje Schaake, international policy director at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center

Rappler receives One World Media Special Award 2020
The Special Award seeks to recognize reporting that informs the public, provides an outlet for people's voices, creates space for critical information, and holds power to account

Rappler statement on cyber libel conviction: Failure of justice, failure of democracy
The decision today marks not the rule of law, but the rule of law twisted to suit the interests of those in power who connive to satisfy their mutually beneficial personal and political agenda

VERDICT PRIMER: Legal and factual issues in Rappler, Maria Ressa cyber libel case
(UPDATED) Cyber libel is punishable by jail time of 6 months and 1 day to up to 7 years. If acquitted, Maria Ressa faces 7 other criminal charges.
FRONTLINE, ICFJ to present conversation with Rappler's Maria Ressa on press freedom
Rappler CEO Maria Ressa, 'A Thousand Cuts' director Ramona Diaz, and FRONTLINE Executive Producer Raney Aronson-Rath will engage in a conversation on 'Truth, Power and the Importance of Press Freedom' on Saturday, June 13

‘An act of betrayal,’ Rappler says on closure order vs ABS-CBN
We stand with ABS-CBN and all journalists who continue to shine the light and expose wrongdoing despite state-sponsored efforts to silence them

Introducing Lighthouse: Rappler's new platform
We reimagined Rappler from scratch, considering its pillars: data and technology, journalism, and community

Maria Ressa among TIME’s most influential women of the century
Time’s ‘100 Women of the Year’ puts the spotlight on ‘influential women who were often overshadowed’

Rappler story on out-of-school youth in Bicol wins DOLE media award
Written by Bicol-based journalist Mavic Conde, the story tells of opportunities for full-time work that out-of-school youth and undergraduates got through DOLE's Jobstart program

Maria Ressa among 2020 Four Freedoms Awards laureates
Maria Ressa joins the United Nations, the Religions for Peace International, Dutch journalist Sander de Kramer, and Palermo, Sicily Mayor Leoluca Orlando as awardees

Rappler columnist Ana Santos among IOM 2019 Champions of Migration
The International Organization for Migration and the Department of Foreign Affairs recognize Ana P. Santos along with Sister Rosa Angelica Libron, Dr Edna Estifania Co, and WarPeace Arnold

Rappler animated film about Filipina jailed with her baby wins Best Documentary Award
The Commission on Filipinos Overseas chooses the Rappler animated film best documentary on migration. Awarding ceremonies will be on December 17.

Rappler's 2019 Board of Directors
Lawyer and former Ateneo School of Government Dean Tony La Viña joins Rappler Inc's 2019 Board of Directors

Rappler’s Marites Vitug, Joselito de los Reyes win 38th National Book Awards
Marites Dañguilan Vitug’s ‘Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case against China’ is Best Book in Journalism and Joselito D. de los Reyes’s ‘Finding Teo: Tula/Talambuhay’ is Best Book of Nonfiction Prose in Filipino

Rappler editor, columnist finalists for 38th National Book Awards
Shorlisted are Marites Dañguilan Vitug’s ‘Rock Solid: How the Philippines Won Its Maritime Case against China’ as Best Book in Journalism and Joselito D. Delos Reyes’s ‘Finding Teo: Tula/Talambuhay’ as Best Book of Nonfiction Prose in Filipino

Rappler investigation into war on drugs wins 2019 Global Shining Light Award
The 6-month investigation found strong indications that police were outsourcing killings

Amal Clooney raises attacks vs Maria Ressa at U.N.
'Maria Ressa is a Filipino journalist who stands at 5’2” but stands taller than so many of us in her courage and personal sacrifice for the cause of telling the truth,' says Amal Clooney in her speech

Maria Ressa joins Reuters Institute's advisory board
'She has been lauded throughout the world for her journalism and for her part in supporting press freedom and tackling disinformation campaigns,' says the Reuters Institute

Maria Ressa to U.S. journalists: What happened to PH can happen to you
The US-based Society of Professional Journalists honors Ressa, Terry Anderson, Nick Ut, and Jamal Khashoggi for their courage and contribution to the profession

Rappler’s Patricia Evangelista is 2019 Marshall McLuhan fellow
(UPDATED) Evangelista is lauded for producing 'the most difficult and even the most unpopular stories'

Maria Ressa, 3 others named SPJ Fellows of Society
The Society of Professional Journalists honors Maria Ressa, Terry Anderson, Nick Ut, and the late Jamal Khashoggi for their 'extraordinary contribution to the profession of journalism'

#FactsMatterPH shortlisted in Online Journalism Award
Rappler's #FactsMatterPH project, which focuses on fact-checking efforts and data-driven investigations on social media and disinformation with community engagement, is a finalist in the 2019 Gather Award in Engaged Journalism

Rappler investigative story on drug war finalist in 2019 Global Shining Light Awards
Rappler's 6-month investigation shows strong indications that the police were outsourcing extrajudicial killings to the Confederate Sentinels Group, a group of force multipliers they had also accused of murder

Rappler, The Investigative Journal to partner on investigative reporting
The collaboration will see the coming together of two publishers with a shared belief in holding power to account through original, fact based, and investigative storytelling

Ressa on Canadian Journalism Tribute: ‘Our only weapon is to shine the light’
Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron, also an awardee at the Canadian Journalism Foundation Awards Gala in Toronto, asks journalists to stand beside Ressa ‘every step of the way’

Maria Ressa wins Stanford's Shorenstein Journalism Award
The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Center at Stanford University honors veteran journalists who 'contributed greater understanding of Asia through outstanding reporting on critical issues affecting the region'

Rappler investigative team wins 2 SOPA awards for drug war story
(3rd UPDATE) Rappler's 7-part investigative story, 'Murder in Manila' will receive the Group B Excellence in Human Rights Reporting Award and the Group B Excellence in Investigative Reporting Award from the Society of Publishers in Asia

Maria Ressa receives Columbia Journalism Award
'Please don’t accept the world as you see it today...What you report and how you fight for truth matters.... Dream of a better future. Then go and make it happen,' Rappler's Maria Ressa tells the class of 2019

Rappler team portfolio shortlisted in Data Journalism Awards 2019
Rappler's series of data stories on social media, disinformation, and democracy is shortlisted for Best data journalism team portfolio (Large newsroom)

Rappler investigative team SOPA finalists for drug war story
Rappler reporters Patricia Evangelista, Lian Buan, and Rambo Talabong with photographer Carlo Gabuco are finalists for two categories at the 2019 Society of Publishers in Asia Awards for Editorial Excellence

George Clooney throws support behind Maria Ressa
'All of us here are so proud of your ability to shine a light and we’re all going to do everything we can to make sure it stays allowed for you,' says American actor and businessman George Clooney

Maria Ressa accepts Tully Award, says sense of purpose 'sharper'
Rappler's Maria Ressa, recipient of the Tully Award for Free Speech, hopes to 'keep walking until I come out the other side, and hopefully the world is right-side up'

STATEMENT: With Rappler ban, Duterte also violates public right to know
This case is not just about Rappler. It is about every journalist’s mandate to cover the Office of the President and scrutinize the tremendous power it holds without prior restraint or threat of punishment.

Maria Ressa wins Tully Award for Free Speech
The annual award from the Tully Center for Free Speech at the Newhouse School in Syracuse University is given 'to a journalist who has shown courage in facing a free speech threat'

Maria Ressa wins surprise award at inaugural BOLD Awards
The BOLD Awards aims to shine a spotlight on bold and breakthrough projects in a number of fields, such as crowdsourcing, open innovation, and other technology-related sectors

Rappler on latest case: Pattern of harassment has not stopped
This pattern of harassment, which started in January 2018 when the SEC issued an order revoking Rappler's license, casts a wider net to target other members of the board

Maria Ressa, Rappler board members charged again over anti-dummy law
Rappler managing editor Glenda Gloria and 5 other members of the 2016 board post bail ahead of warrants before the Pasig Regional Trial Court
Malacañang orders Rappler correspondent kicked out of PDP-Laban’s CDO rally
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines also documents how Bobby Lagsa was 'evicted' from the event hours before President Duterte arrived

Rappler on Court of Appeals ruling: SEC must review order
Rappler trusts that the rule of law will be followed, after the Court of Appeals reiterated that the Securities and Exchange Commission must review its order revoking Rappler's registration

LIST: Cases vs Maria Ressa, Rappler directors, staff since 2018
(9th UPDATE) It's at least 11 complaints and cases as of July 2019
Duterte supporters call for attacks on Rappler newsroom, journalists
'Bomb Rappler office, rape Maria Ressa' – these are just among the comments posted after a Facebook Live broadcast of pro-administration bloggers from Rappler premises on Thursday, February 21

FAQs: What you need to know about Rappler’s cyber libel case
Here are answers to frequently asked questions about Rappler's cyber libel case

Rappler statement on Maria Ressa’s arrest: ‘We will continue to tell the truth’
If this is another of several attempts to intimidate us, it will not succeed, as past attempts have shown. Maria Ressa and Rappler will continue to do our jobs as journalists.

Despite NBI flip-flop, DOJ to indict Rappler for cyber libel
The justice department decides to charge with libel Rappler Incorporated, Maria Ressa, and former researcher Reynaldo Santos Jr over a story published 7 years ago

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