The press matters: Tribute to the Nobel Peace Laurates
5 years ago(FILES) This file combination of pictures created on October 08, 2021, shows Maria Ressa (L), co-founder and CEO of the Philippines-based news website Rappler, speaking at the Human Rights Press Awards at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong on on May 16, 2019 and Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-Chief of Russia's main opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Moscow, on December 11, 2012. - The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on October 8, 2021 to journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia). (Photo by Isaac LAWRENCE and Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)
The Norwegian Nobel Committee did something almost unthinkable on October 8 when it awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov of the Philippines and Russia respectively.
