Marites Dañguilan Vitug, a 1987 Nieman Fellow, is editor at large of Rappler and author of several books on Philippine current affairs, including “Shadow of Doubt: Probing the Supreme Court.” She also is chairwoman of the advisory board of Newsbreak, the independent magazine where she was editor in chief for almost 10 years.
On what seemed like an ordinary work day in February, Filipino journalist Pia Ranada, who covers President Rodrigo Duterte, arrived at Malacañang Palace for a routine press briefing. A guard told her she was no longer allowed inside the compound. Read more
Rappler, a leading online news website in the Philippines, is fighting a legal battle for its survival, a danger signal to media freedom in the Southeast Asian country that used to pride itself as having the most robust … Read more
When a Philippine investigative journalist revealed the inner workings of her nation’s Supreme Court, the country’s largest book publisher and leading distributor walked away. Read more
