Claire Magee Ferguson is Vice President, Assistant General Counsel & Senior Technology Counsel for Gray Media, which owns TV stations in 113 markets all over the United States. She started in television twenty-some years ago as a runner for NBC News and a master control intern at News 12 Long Island, and after undergrad at Boston College and law school at Georgetown University Law Center, moved straight into broadcast law work. Before Gray, she served as counsel for NPR, Allbritton Communications, POLITICO, and Raycom Media. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Ferguson briefed National Press Foundation fellows in February 2026: How Gray Media’s ‘Ask grAI’ Tool Supports Better Reporting.