Stories From the Front Lines in the Battle to Defend a Free Press with David McCraw

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New York Times lawyer David McCraw fights against subpoenas, lawsuits and restrictions on reporters’ access. Join this First Amendment warrior in a conversation with Paul Tash, Distinguished Fellow of the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy.

David McCraw is the deputy general counsel and senior vice-president of the New York Times Company. He started his career as a reporter, and now he defends Times journalists and their work. David has squared off against Harvey Weinstein, the Obama administration and Donald Trump, even before he was elected President. When candidate Trump demanded that the Times retract a story about how he mistreated women, David’s reply became an Internet sensation.

David is the author of “Truth in our Times: Inside the Fight for Press Freedom in the Age of Alternative Facts.” He regularly teaches a course in press law at Harvard Law School and has been an adjunct faculty member at the N.Y.U. School of Law.  He is a graduate of the University of Illinois, Cornell University and Albany Law School.