Rappler CEO Maria Ressa: 2020 is the year we must fight the battle for truth
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2020, Year of the Rat. The year could be considered as a tipping point in the fight for truth, and the rule of law.
Ressa believes 2020 will be a decisive year for media and journalism both in the Philippines and around the world
Carol Brzozowski Published 8:25 PM, January 29, 2020 Updated 8:27 PM, January 29, 2020
Editor's note: This article was first published in DCN and is being reposted with permission.
The year 2020 will be a tipping point year for media companies. This is the year in which journalists must fight the battle for truth, according to Maria Ressa, CEO of Rappler, a digital news organization based in Manila, Philippines.
“What we do this year – not just in the Philippines, but all around the world and especially in the United States – will determine whether or not the whole world walks into a cycle of fascism. We’ve been here before. What we do now matters.”
Ressa – who has been the target of persecution in her country – offered these comments as part of a recorded statement presented to attendees of DCN Next: Summit at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Miami, Florida on January 15.
In her statement, Ressa expressed gratitude to DCN CEO Jason Kint, the DCN Board of Directors, and the members of DCN for supporting her cause and helping her to “shine the light” through journalistic endeavors.
“That really is the only weapon that journalists have,” noted Ressa. “What we’ve lived through in the Philippines…our dystopian present is your dystopian future. This is it, the battle for truth.”
The DCN Board of Directors .. https://digitalcontentnext.org/about/board-of-directors/ .. issued a statement – seen below – supporting House and Senate Resolutions calling on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to end his political persecution of Ressa and Senator Leila de Lima.
“Healthy democracies thrive with vigorous political discourse and a free, independent press,” noted the statement.
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