The media landscape is shifting rapidly under the new Trump administration, bringing fresh challenges and risks for journalists and news organizations. In this session, Indiegraf CEO Erin Millar covers how the administration is affecting press freedom, the growing threats facing journalists and how to protect yourself, and how local and independent media can build resilience in this new environment.

Erin Millar is the CEO and Co-founder of Indiegraf where she works to grow community media businesses across Canada and the U.S. She’s a journalist and entrepreneur who founded The Discourse, where she led an award-winning journalism team and developed a successful business model for in-depth local news. She regularly contributes as an industry organizer and advocate on government policy. She is chair of the Canadian Journalism Collective, a non-profit created to distribute $100 million annual fund from Google to support sustainability and innovation in the Canadian news ecosystem.