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Local Journalism in the Age of Trump: A First Amendment Conversation

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By Bridget Bosworth
June 29th 2026


Clinic director Mark H. Jackson and Heather Murray, associate director of the Clinic and the managing attorney of its Local Journalism Project, led a discussion about their efforts to protect, defend and enable a free and vibrant press on June 24 at the Tompkins County Library in Ithaca, New York. The event was the second of four in The Ithaca Voice’s Conversation Series.

Mark and Heather spoke about their experience before being joined by Ithaca Voice managing editor Jimmy Jordan, senior reporter Megan Zerez and news reporter Hailea Potter for a panel discussion.

Watch the discussion here.