TeeRoy's 2 Cents:
- That's a surprise. Other than Khashoggi, the others weren't even on the shortlist of finalists revealed yesterday.
- Most people are going to have to Google these names.
- TIME editors award the Person of the Year title to an individual or group who has had the biggest impact on the world.
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The magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal made the announcement this morning on the Today show and revealed the magazine's cover which features a group of four individuals and one group who have taken risks in pursuit of the truth. These include murdered journalist and Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi; The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland which was the scene of a mass shooting in June which left five journalists dead; Filipina journalist Maria Ressa whose work has exposed the rise of terrorism in Southeast Asia; and Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo who are imprisoned in Myanmar for investigating a mass execution carried out by the Myanmar Army.
Donald Trump, who was named the 2016 Person of the Year, was this year's first runner-up. Special counsel Robert Mueller came in third.