Russian journalist’s Nobel Peace Prize fetches record $US103.5 million at auction to aid Ukraine children
Reuters Dmitry Muratov, the co-winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize and the editor of one of Russia’s last major independent newspapers, auctioned off his Nobel medal for a record $US103.5 million to aid children displaced by the war in Ukraine. All proceeds from the auction, which coincided with the World Refugee Day on Monday, […]
Pioneering Russian journalist sells Nobel Peace medal for Ukraine
Reuters Russian journalist and Nobel Peace laureate Dmitry Muratov is auctioning his Nobel medal for Ukrainian refugees, distraught at the eradication of independent media in his country, where he says fewer and fewer people support Moscow’s military campaign. Muratov is the bear-like co-founder and long-time editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper critical of the Kremlin […]
Essay: Nobel Peace Prize for journalists serves as reminder that freedom of the press is under threat from strongmen and social media
In an article first published on The Conversation, KATHY KIELY, journalist turned professor of journalism, says the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to two journalists was an important statement…
Journalists who took on Putin and Duterte win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Oslo, Norway/Moscow, Russia/Manila, The PhilippinesReuters Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov, who braved the wrath of the leaders of the Philippines and Russia to expose corruption and misrule, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, in an endorsement of free speech under fire worldwide. The two were awarded “for their courageous fight for freedom of […]