Reporting From the Philippines When the President Wants to ‘Kill Journalism’ – The New York Times

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The Journalist vs. the President, With Life on the Line

Maria Ressa, editor of a popular news site in the Philippines, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/magazine/rappler-philippines-maria-ressa.html

Rappler, one of the country’s most popular media platforms, has incurred President Duterte and his supporters’ wrath by investigating his extrajudicial killing campaign.