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Maria Ressa offers a guide to defending democracy in 'The Fight Back'

Maria Ressa offers a guide to defending democracy in 'The Fight Back'

Summary

Maria Ressa’s 2022 book, “How to Stand Up to a Dictator,” chronicled her fight against the Duterte regime in the Philippines and her newsroom’s efforts to defend press freedom and democracy. In a conversation with Amna Nawaz, Ressa discussed her new book, “The Fight Back,” which warns of further threats to those freedoms.

Key Facts

  • Maria Ressa is a journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
  • Ressa’s 2022 book is titled “How to Stand Up to a Dictator.”
  • The book chronicled Ressa’s fight against the Duterte regime in the Philippines.
  • Ressa described attacks on her reporting.
  • Her newsroom struggled to defend press freedom and democracy.
  • Ressa’s new book is titled “The Fight Back.”
  • Amna Nawaz spoke with Ressa about the new book.
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