“Investigative journalism is never mass-based; it's very focused, and y...” — Maria Ressa Quote

“Investigative journalism is never mass-based; it's very focused, and you want people who are passionate about it to take it.”

“Press freedom is not just about journalists, right? It's not just about us, it's not just about me, it's not just about Rappler. Press freedom is... the foundation of every single right of every single Filipino to the truth, so that we can hold the powerful to account.”

“We know firsthand how social media and the law have been weaponized against perceived critics of the Duterte administration. We've been reporting on it from the start.”

“The attacks against me and Rappler began appearing on Facebook in the summer of 2016. A year later President Rodrigo Duterte was repeating them in his State of the Nation address.”

“In 14 months, my government, the Philippine 2 government, has filed 11 cases. I posted bail eight times, I've been arrested twice in five weeks, detained once, and the only thing I've done, my only crime is to be a journalist, to speak truth to power.”

“I'm a reasonably accomplished journalist. I've worked as an investigative journalist, I've done crime beat stuff.”

“I'm quite investigative. Believe it or not, my mum and dad were in the police, and I sort of like to read into things and stuff.”

“If I wasn't a writer/director, I would be an investigative journalist. There's something about being an undercover journalist. I mean, that's freakin' cool!”

“My investigative journalism is great; I know I get results.”

“What passes for investigative journalism is finding somebody with their pants down - literally or otherwise.”

“The amount of money that's being put into long-form investigative journalism has become less and less.”