'For nearly 40 years, she has dedicated herself to truth – its pursuit, its advocacy, and its defense – no matter the repercussions,' says Harvard interim president Alan Garber of Nobel laureate and Rappler CEO Maria Ressa
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In a statement to the university’s Harvard Gazette, Harvard interim president Alan Garber said Ressa embodies “veritas,” or truth. Said Garber, “For nearly 40 years, she has dedicated herself to truth – its pursuit, its advocacy, and its defense – no matter the repercussions.”. The Nobel Committee cited their “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.
For her work against disinformation and fakes news and her courageous pursuit of the truth despite continued political harassment during the Rodrigo Duterte administration, Ressa was named one of Time Magazine’s 2018of the Century. In 2020, she received the Journalist of the Year award, the John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award, the Most Resilient Journalist Award, the Tucholsky Prize, the Truth to Power Award, and the Four Freedoms Award.
Harvard said that among the recent speakers at its commencement ceremonies are actor Tom Hanks, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, and US Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.