Table of Contents
Foreword Amal Clooney xi
Prologue: The Invisible Atom Bomb 1
Live in the (Present)
Moment (of the Past)
Part I Homecoming: Power, the Press, and the Philippines, 1963-2004
Chapter 1 The Golden Rule 11
Make the Choice to Learn
Chapter 2 The Honor Code 26
Draw the Line
Chapter 3 The Speed of Trust 36
Be Vulnerable
Chapter 4 The Mission of Journalism 58
Be Honest
Part II The Rise of Facebook, Rappler, and the Internet's Black Hole, 2005-2017
Chapter 5 The Network Effect 83
Hitting the Tipping Point
Chapter 6 Creating Ripples of Change 100
Build a Team
Chapter 7 How Friends of Friends Brought Democracy Down 119
Think Slow, Not Fast
Chapter 8 How the Rule of Law Crumbled from Within 145
Silence Is Complicity
Part III Crackdown: Arrests, Elections, and the Fight for Our Future, 2018-Present
Chapter 9 Surviving a Thousand Cuts 177
Believe in the Good
Chapter 10 Don't Become a Monster to Fight a Monster 195
Embrace Your Fear
Chapter 11 Hold the Line 223
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
Chapter 12 Why Fascism Is Winning 243
Collaborate, Collaborate, Collaborate
Epilogue 263
2021 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov's 10-Point Plan to Address the Information Crisis 267
Acknowledgments 269
Notes 273