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Eric Lipton, a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner and investigative reporter for The New York Times, talks to an audience at the Delta Hotel in South Burlington on 9 October 2026. Photo by Daria Bishop for Vermont Digger.<\/p>\nEric Lipton, a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner and investigative reporter for The New York Times, talks to an audience at the Delta Hotel in South Burlington on 9 October 2026. Photo by Daria Bishop for Vermont Digger.<\/p>\n
Eric Lipton, an investigative journalist for the New York Times, spoke Friday, Oct. 9, at Delta Hotels in South Burlington about his reporting on profiteering within the Trump administration. More than 180 people attended the sold out event, hosted by VTDigger and Seven Days.<\/p>\n
Lipton described how he and his colleagues investigated the Trump family\u2019s pursuit of personal profit across the world, including an estimated $2.2 billion earned by President Trump during the first year of his second term. He also recounted how federal agents arrived at his and his colleagues\u2019 homes with subpoenas seeking phone records and information about their confidential sources and how The New York Times fought back.<\/p>\n
Lipton reflected on the critical role of a free press in a democracy and the importance of vigorous, innovative news organizations, including Seven Days and nonprofits like ProPublica and VTDigger. He ended with a promise, \u201cWe will not be intimidated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The talk capped a two-day visit to his alma mater, University of Vermont, where Lipton met with students and delivered a free masterclass in investigative reporting to Vermont journalists.<\/p>\n