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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
WATCH: Maria Ressa delivers commencement speech at 2019 Columbia Journalism School graduation
Ressa was also presented the 2019 Columbia Journalism Award
WATCH: Sheila Coronel introduces Maria Ressa at the CPJ 2018 awards
"Maria and her team are a shining example of principled resistance to the erosion of democratic norms."
Rappler Talk: Dr. Carl Hart on drug war and public health
Neuropharmacologist Dr Carl Hart debunks prevalent myths on drug use and the human brain
Most illegal ivory from recently killed elephants – study
International trade in ivory from elephants killed after 1989 has long been banned
Rappler’s Patricia Evangelista bags Ochberg Fellowship
The newly selected Ochberg Fellows from 9 countries represent the best of trauma aware journalism worldwide
When fake news goes viral, blame the media – study
A study by media researchers finds out that many news organizations fail to do enough to separate fact from fiction and often help unverified rumors and reports to go viral online
Q and A: Sheila Coronel on diversity and the digital ‘eruption’
Sheila Coronel talks to Rappler about the need for diversity in newsrooms and how the changing media landscape affects news and investigative journalism
Cocoa clue to reversing memory loss
Scientists say bioactive ingredients found in cocoa sharply reverse age related memory decline
5 highlights of Aquino’s US trip
From his first visit to Boston in 31 years to a stop at a gun shop in San Francisco Rappler lists the top 5 highlights of President Benigno Aquino III s US trip
Protesters interrupt Aquino forum at US university
Youth activists interrupt a forum with President Benigno Aquino III at New York s Columbia University They stood up to protest his alleged inaction on impunity in the Philippines and the supposed corruption of aid for Super Typhoon Yolanda Haiyan victims
Filipino Columbia Law grad to peers: Begin with excellence in mind
Excellence is found not in doing extraordinary things but in doing ordinary things extraordinarily well
Deadly Middle East respiratory virus strikes in US
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 401 people in 12 countries have been confirmed to have MERS including the US patient
Scientists: Scroll that mentions Jesus' wife genuine
Discovery of the scroll renews debates over celibacy and the role of women in the Church since Christian tradition has long held that Jesus was not married
Word lovers rejoice as OK celebrates 175 years
Oxford Dictionaries favors a theory that OK is an abbreviation of orl korrekt a derivative of all correct from the 1830s
Scientists reveal new way to track illegal ivory
Study reveals a new tool for analyzing ivory that uses nuclear test residue to determine the age of a tusk
Journalism's creative destruction
The phoenix rising out of the ashes will bring greater transparency and the journalist’s role will be as essential in the future as it is today
Marie Alonzo-Snyder: Dance is for everyone
How do you use dance to help others? This Filipina dance artist shows us how
A Reading Revolution: Students choose their books
The emphasis is on putting books in children s hands and giving them a lot of time to actually read
