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David Cay Johnston on steps you can take to protect democracy

By Evan Dawson,

Megan Mack, Julie Williams

Published March 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM EDT

Two men wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a man at left has short grey hair, a grey beard and is wearing glasses and a blue plaid button-down shirt; a man at right has very short dark hair and is wearing a navy puffy vest over a white button-down shirt. — David Cay Johnston with host Evan Dawson on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, March 24, 2026

How can we make democracy more durable?

Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston joins us in the studio to answer that question.

He explains steps community members can take, especially in the modern era.

Our guest:

David Cay Johnston, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, and professor of practice in journalism at RIT

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Evan Dawson

Evan Dawson is the host of "Connections with Evan Dawson." He joined WXXI in January 2014 after working at 13WHAM-TV, where he served as morning news anchor. He was hired as a reporter for 13WHAM-TV in 2003 before being promoted to anchor in 2007.

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Megan Mack

Megan Mack is the executive producer of "Connections with Evan Dawson" and live/televised engagement programming.

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Julie Williams

Julie Williams is an associate producer for "Connections with Evan Dawson." She started at WXXI in 2019 and has been working on Connections since 2022.

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