Ladies and john but we welcome to the podium. [inaudible] hi everybody, it has been so wonderful tonight to meet so many old friends, and reconnect with so many people. So tonight we salute the talented journalists who have signed up to work their hearts out, undaunted by the financial gloom and our industry. So lets raise a glass to those who keep telling amazing stories, and showing us why we must continue to care. Your jobs require more knowledge, more skill than ever. And the wellbeing of our citizens depends on your success. So as you know, the u. S. Military believes it should never send an officer on a Difficult Mission without proper training. They dont say, as before and correspondence were once told, off you go, youll figure it out. Oh and file before you land. Our journalists are in a fight for their life. And they deserve all of the training and support we can possibly muster to help them cover and ever more complex world. Here is what nps is doing to help. The National Pre