Good evening. My name is Kathleen Richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mitigation at Drake University. Welcome both to the members of our audience here at the Science Center of iowa and des moines and to those of us or those of you who are joining us by lifestream. This year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake and from the beginning in 1919 our program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and by service for our community. We are very proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight. We have experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. This event is brought to you through a collaboration between Drake University and sidelined. Sideline is a philosophically funded free service for journalists based at the American Association for the advancement of science in washington dc. It connects reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible Accurate Research ba