Annenberg Lecture 2022: Maria Ressa, "What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?"

Published 2022-11-11
On November 6, 2022, author, journalist, freedom-fighter, and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize-Winner Maria Ressa delivered the Annenberg Lecture, "What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?" It includes introductions from Annenberg School for Communication Dean John L. Jackson, Jr. and University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill.

The annual Annenberg Lecture brings to Penn leaders in academia, politics, public policy, or the media. It combines two previous lectures, the Walter and Leonore Distinguished Lecture in Communication, which started in 1992, and the Leonore Annenberg Lecture in Public Service and Global Understanding, which began in 2006. Both series, and the subsequent single lecture, honor Ambassador and Mrs. Annenberg, without whose vision and support the Annenberg School and Annenberg Public Policy Center - the event's sponsors - would not exist.

All Comments (21)
  • @rosariob9426
    Facts...Truth...Trust... Maria Ressa is one of the few journalists worth listening to...
  • I need to get hold of her book "How to stand up to a dictator". We should all listen and stand up and hold our ground against false narratives and digital lies.
  • Brilliant and eloquent Maria Ressa. Thank you for keeping the push for real Democracy!
  • @mowthorn8570
    I could listen to you all day. Quite informative and inspiring.
  • @TheCD45
    I loved every minute of this!!!
  • @Zitterion2016
    Wow! Introduced by the University of Pennsylvania President Liza Magill herself. Finished the entire talk and It was astounding! Proud of you Maria Ressa!
  • Maria says they are 60% women, but I have contacted them a number of times on Twitter, and other means... and just been ignored? So I admire what they are do, but have to say I was disappointed by that, and I think that should have been better?
  • You are NOT sacrificing anything Ressa! Funny hearing those words coming from a priveledged American
  • Free speech but still convicted of cyber libel that is a fact telling private individual a Drug Smuggler, Human Trafficker in very humane way with malice right?
  • @idkbro8456
    Maria Ressa you just became one of my inspirations :))
  • @markpua2486
    can you imagine how she hides under the veil of truthful journalism and solicited the empathy of the international news community to believe her narrative but back in the Philippines, she does not have the respect of the general public. Speaks volumes how influence can be used and misused. I worked in rappler by the way.
  • this is what you do to win the minds of Filipinos. get foreign backing to legitimize your actions