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2021 Nobel: Torch for Journalism

The role of journalism has become clear again. Keeping its flame burning is a challenge for journalists in this country who are also lovers of democracy and peace. It may not be extinguished.

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This file combination of pictures created on October 08, 2021, shows Maria Ressa (L), co-founder and CEO of the Philippines-based news website Rappler, speaking at the Human Rights Press Awards at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Hong Kong on on May 16, 2019 and Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-Chief of Russia\'s main opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta gestures as he speaks during a news conference in Moscow, on December 11, 2012. - The Nobel Peace Prize goes to journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Russian Dmitry Muratov, the Nobel Peace Prize committee announced on October 8, 2021 in Oslo.

The 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, jointly awarded to journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, is a torch for the world’s press, including Indonesia’s.

The public has been reminded about the importance of journalism in safeguarding democracy and realizing a more peaceful world. The press, which has grown dim because of the flood of information available today, has been illuminated.

Editor:
Syahnan Rangkuti
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