In the newest episode of An Armao Beyond the Brink, Rosemary speaks with renowned media lawyer and professor Lucy Dalglish. Dalglish cannot recall a time in American history when threats to a free and independent press were so numerous or potent. She doesn’t even like thinking about the future of media because it’s impossible to ignore the possibility that  Freedom of Thought and Expression  enshrined in the First Amendment are being crushed by censorship and lack of public support.

Lucy Dalglish, as a reporter, media lawyer, and educator has been a standout player in American journalism for decades.  She was executive director for a dozen years of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press which provides free legal aid and other support to protect the news gathering rights of journalists. She left that position in 2012 to become dean of  the journalism school at the University of Maryland for 11 years. She still teaches media ethics and law there. Dalglish began her career in 1980 as a reporter and editor at the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Dalglish has been awarded the Kiplinger Award by the National Press Foundation in 2012 for her service to journalism. She was also awarded the Wells Memorial Key, the highest honor bestowed by the Society of Professional Journalists and is an inductee in the National Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame in Washington, D.C. She holds a  juris doctor degree from Vanderbilt University Law School; a master of studies in law degree from Yale Law School and a bachelor of arts in journalism from the University of North Dakota.