On Nov. 15, Deep South Today’s network of newsrooms, Mississippi Today and Verite News, hosted a members-only program exploring the pressing challenges facing journalism in the South and their connection to the national fight for press freedom.

Mississippi Today Editor-in-Chief Adam Ganucheau and Verite News Editor-in-Chief Terry Baquet were joined by national press freedom experts Emily Wilkins, president of the National Press Club, and William McCarren, director of the Press Freedom Center. Together, they discussed the critical role local newsrooms play in holding power to account, how journalists can prepare for ongoing threats to press freedom, and how the public can support these efforts.

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