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EPISODE · Jun 12, 2025 · 27 MIN

Speaking Truth to Power: Journalists in Exile

from The Rule of Law: The Academy Speaks · host International Academy of Trial Lawyers

Academy President Joe Tucker sits down with Randy Smith, Director of the Journalists in Exile Program and Board President of the Alfred Friendly Press Partners. They discuss why journalism is essential to holding power accountable and protecting democracy — and how Academy Fellows, through their teaching in the Journalists in Exile Program, are helping exiled reporters stand up to oppression and continue telling the truth on a global stage. Audio for this episode was recorded in studio at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

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