are here with us tonight. if they come to talk to you, give them a job. now would your students please stand up and let's all give them a round of applause. [ applause ] >> and watch out because these journalists are going to be hitting you up for scoops and jobs at all of the after parties. last year at this dinner we announced the creation of a new award for lifetime career achievement as a white house correspondent, the dawngon payne prize. it was named in honor of two trailblazing women, the first two african american women to serve in the white house press corp. they were also the first