Nobel Peace Prize 2021

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have been awarded with the Nobel Prize in Peace for the year 2021. They have been awarded the prize for their considerate efforts to protect freedom of speech and expression, vital preconditions for successful democracy and maintaining peace. Maria Ressa is the Chief Operating Officer of a Philippines based newspaper-  Rappler while Andreyevich Muratov is editor-in-chief of the Russian Newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

“Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions,” said the Nobel Peace Prize Committee chair Berit-Reiss-Andersen while announcing the award. The Norwegian Nobel Committee seemed convinced with the fact that freedom of expression and freedom of information help in keeping people well-informed and are important prerequisites for a stable democracy.

Nobel Peace Prize History

The Nobel Peace Prize Award is awarded by the committee elected by Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget). So far the Parliament has awarded 135 people out of which 17 are women. Alfred Nobel, the founder of Nobel Prizes, had a lot of interest in peace movement. His views on peace were influenced by Bertha von Suttner, the driving force of peace movement in Europe, who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Peace was the fifth and final award mentioned by Alfred Nobel in his will.

The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to World Food Organization for it’s work to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon in war and conflicts.

Know everything about Maria Ressa here:

Maria Ressa Birth

Maria Ressa was born on October 2,1963 at Manila, Philippines and is currently 58 years old. She lost her father when she was just one and was taken to USA by her mother when she was ten, where her step-father adopted her.

Maria Ressa Education

She acquired education in molecular biology and theatre at Princeton University, where she also acquired the degree of BA English with distinction and certificates in Theatre and Dance in 1986. She then received Fulbright Fellowship for studying political theatre at the University of Philippines Diliman.

Maria Ressa Career

She has worked for various news agencies including CNN, ABS-CNN, The Wall Street Journal. She also taught courses in Politics and Press in Southeast Asia for Princeton University and in Broadcast Journalism for University of Philippines Diliman.

Maria Ressa Books

Maria has also written two books such as Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of Al-Qaeda’s Newest Center and From Bin Laden to Facebook: 10 Days of Abduction, 10 Years of Terrorism

Maria Ressa and Rappler

Maria co-founded an online newspaper sit, Rappler in 2012, along with three other female founders and with a small team of just 12 journalists and developers. It initially started as a facebook page named MovePH in August 2011 and then developed into a website on January1,2012. She is currently the CEO of Rappler.

Nobel Prize: Maria Ressa Husband & Family

Details on Maria Ressa’s husband or partner could not be reached at the moment.

She moved to the United States of America with her mother. Ressa’s father died when she was one year old.

She then moved to the United States at the age of 10. Maria also has a sister named Marie Jane.

Later she was adopted by her stepfather who is an American-Italian.

As in professional life, Maria Ressa’s business partners are Cheche Lazaro and Nix Nolledo.

While I lived in Jakarta for a decade, my parents are not Indonesian hahahahha I have dual citizenship – US and PH … tremendous resources being spent for online disinformation — like the legal acrobatics. https://t.co/ssoeUkP53e

— Maria Ressa (@mariaressa) February 21, 2019

 

Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa Net Worth

Maria Ressa’s net worth ranges from $1 million to $5 million as of 2021.

She is an executive to the Philippines’s most loved online news website.

Last year the earnings of Rappler skyrocketed and so is the income of Maria Ressa.

At the same time, she worked at CNN for more than 18 years. Likewise, served for ABS-CBN Broadcasting from 2005 to 2011.

Maria Ressa Nationality

Maria Ressa holds dual nationality. She is Filipino-American and was raised in Manila and New Jersey.

Further, she belongs to Asian heritage. Maria lived in Jakarta for almost a decade.

People thought she was Indonesian. Although she agreed on having dual nationality, she confirmed that her parents are not from Indonesia.

The CEO studied molecular biology and theater as an undergraduate at Princeton University.

She has a Bachelor’s degree in English and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the University of the Philippines Diliman.