Q a. The sponsors for our panel are cecil and nancy brown. Are they with us . [applause] im happy to introduce our moderator for this session, james a stevens, is not only, im sorry. I skipped over. Curtis wilkie. No, hes over there. Our moderator is curtis wilkie, associate professor of journalism at the university of mississippi and a fellow at the universitys Overby Center or southern journalism andpolicy and hell take over. Thank you for coming and we appreciate the presence of our guests on the panel at the mississippi bookfestival. Its getting bigger and better every year. Im going to start off by introducing very briefly. Our guest will carry on a discussion and i hope you all will have discussions for the towards the end of our hour. Karen abbott is a bestselling author of several books and her newest one, the ghost of eden park is an in the next pick as wellas an amazon best book. A glowing review in last sundays clariion ledger, maybe some of you read, said abbott captures th
Former senior litigation counsel to the Arizona Attorney general, professor of constitutional and international law, and clerk of the superior court for americas fourth largest county, maricopa. Chris sits on the board of directors for the Abraham Lincoln association and the board of scholarly advice is to president lincolns cottage. He and his wife reside in phoenix. Without further introduction at present to you chris derose. [applause] thank you for the introduction. Thanks to the Gettysburg Heritage Center for having us. All of you for being here. Pennsylvania cable tv cable to get cspans booktv. This appearance on cspans booktv. Think you for all you do to promote books ever book authors. So who here has heard the one about the company who killed his wife lover across in the white house . When i came across this story i knew it was too extraordinary not to share, says working on my last book called the president s were which is about the five former president to look live e the am
Arizona attorney general and professor of constitutional and International Law and clerk of the superior court were americas part the fourth largest county. Chris sits on the board of directors for the Abraham Lincoln association and the board of scholarly advisors to president lincoln cottage. He and his wife, haner, reside in phoenix. Without further introduction eight present to you chris derose. [applause] thank you, tammy, for that introduction. Thank you for having us and all of you for being here. Pennsylvania cable tv and cspan book tv this will be my fifth appearance on the cspan book tv. Thank you for all you do to promote books and promote authors. Who here has heard the one about the kind of man who killed his wifes lover across from the white house . Good. When i came across the story i knew it was too extraordinary not to share so i was working on my last book called the president s award which was about five former president s who live to see the American Civil War and i
Chris was i believe in a sweden last week and we just got the call last week that he was coming. Were thrilled he took time away to reach out to us and confirm his appearance. Hes a New York Times bestselling author of the star spangled scandal which is the topic for today. The president he was formally senior litigation counsel to the Arizona Attorney general and professor of constitutional and International Law and clerk of the superior court were americas part the fourth largest county. Chris sits on the board of directors for the Abraham Lincoln association and the board of scholarly advisors to president lincoln cottage. He and his wife, haner, reside in phoenix. Without further introduction eight present to you chris derose. [applause] thank you, tammy, for that introduction. Thank you for having us and all of you for being here. Pennsylvania cable tv and cspan book tv this will be my fifth appearance on the cspan book tv. Thank you for all you do to promote books and promote aut
Welcome on behalf of the National Press club and the National Press Club Journalism institute we are so happy you are joining us tonight for this program. Im julie ms. Diane executive director of the national Journalism Institute where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. Todays program really meets that mission head on. The most important journalism that happens in the city is done by regional reporters. Should i say again. The most important journalism that happens in the city is done by regional reporters. [applause] regional reporters are washington washington so that the people of the United States can make informed decisions about their lives and about their democracy. In this type of journalism and the selfgovernment that it enables is one of the most Important Reasons that we have a First Amendment protection for freedom of the press. So on this 30th anniversary of the Regional Reporters Association youre going to hear about the challenges re