{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Maria Ressa offers a guide to defending democracy in 'The Fight Back'","publication_date":"October 29, 2026","summary":"Journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa chronicled her fight against the Duterte regime in the Philippines in her 2022 book, “How to Stand Up to a Dictator.” She detailed attacks on her reporting and her newsroom's struggle to defend press freedom and democracy. In a new book, Ressa warns of other threats to those same freedoms. Amna Nawaz spoke with Ressa about “The Fight Back.\"","author_name":"By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2026\/10\/f11adaf236d5482a352b0f268c38d8d8-fightback-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}