Maria Ressa

Maria Ressa- Biography

Maria Ressa is a journalist of Filipino heritage who currently works in the United States. She has been crowned the country’s first independent Nobel Laureate. She is currently the co-founder and CEO of her online news portal, Rappler. Before this position, she spent two decades of her life as a CNN main investigative correspondent in South Asia. She was recently awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize in collaboration with Dmitry Muratov.

What is the Net Worth of Maria Ressa? Salary, Earnings

Maria Ressa is listed among the top journalists who play an essential role while serving as CEO and co-founder of “Rappler.” The majority of her earnings come from her journalism career, to which she is most devoted. Her primary source of income is her work as co-founder of Rappler. She has a net worth of more than $5 million and is thought to live a very modest lifestyle.

Maria Ressa- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings

Maria Ressa was born and raised in Manila in 1963. She lost her father when she was one year old. Following her father’s death, her mother relocated to the United States of America, leaving her two daughters with her father’s family, whom she used to visit regularly. Her mother later married another guy of mixed race, having Italian-American ancestry. Her mother returned to the Philippines and brought her children (two girls, one of which was Maria Ressa) to America.

At that moment, Maria was ten years old. Her stepfather eventually adopted her and she acquired his surname. Maria attended Toms River High School North after her parents relocated to Toms River, New Jersey. Maria attended Princeton University, where she majored in molecular biology and drama. In 1986, she graduated with a B.A. in English and became certified in theatre and dance. She was also given a Fulbright fellowship to study political theatre at the University of the Philippines Diliman.

Quick Facts

Maria Ressa- Relationship, Married Life

Maria grew up in Manila and graduated from Princeton University. Her spouse’s information is currently unavailable, but we will shortly update this section. She does, however, have a sister named Marie Jane and is expected to prioritize her professional life over her personal life.

Maria Ressa- Professional Career

Maria began her career while working at the government television network PTV4. In 1987, she co-founded Probe, an independent production business. Maria Ressa continued to work for CNN’s bureau chief in Manila as a co-founder of the organization until 1995. She later managed CNN’s Jakarta desk from 1995 to 2000. She was assigned as an investigative reporter in Asia, where she specialized in tracking down terrorist networks.

Maria was hired as the chief of ABC-news CBN’s section in 2004, while also working for CNN and writing for The Wall Street Journal. Ressa eventually opted to quit the organization without renewing her contract in 2010. Apart from this, she has tried numerous jobs such as teaching, author, and entrepreneurship as well.

Trivia

• Maria is a published author of two books. She has published several books about the emergence of terrorism in Southeast Asia. Her works were published in 2003 and 2013, respectively.
• Ressa has also spent some of her professional life teaching politics and journalism at Princeton University. She has taught broadcast journalism at the University of the Philippines Diliman.
• In 2012, Ressa launched Rappler, an internet news outlet. She was one of the news site’s co-founders, along with three other female co-founders and a small crew of 12 journalists and developers.
• The site is presently the first multimedia news channel or online website, and it has won multiple national and international accolades for its unique type of portal.

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