AdvertisementPhilippine Journalist Maria Ressa: 'Journalism Is Activism'August 06, 2020Rachel MartinAshley WestermanSimone PopperlfacebookEmailMaria Ressa, CEO of the Rappler news site, leaves a Philippine regional trial court after being convicted for cyber libel on June 15. Ressa, a veteran journalist and outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte, is the focus of A Thousand Cuts, a documentary to be released virtually in the U.S. on Aug. 7. (Getty Images)