Administrator Samantha Power Meets with Maria Ressa, International Fund for Public Interest Media Co-Chair and Rappler CEO

Today, Administrator Samantha Power met with Maria Ressa, the International Fund for Public Interest Media's Co-Chair and CEO of Philippine news outlet Rappler. Administrator Power and Ms. Ressa discussed their respective institutions' shared commitments to protecting free and independent media around the world, supporting fact-based news in the public interest, and countering information manipulation.

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