The National Press of and runs one hour 15 minutes. Will do that. Well do that. Good morning, everyone. Im eileen oreilly, president of the National Press club, managing editor of standards and training at axios. Today we meet in a light filled comfortable room surrounded by friends and colleagues. 6000 miles away, austin tice is marking his 11th year away from family, friends, and colleagues and is likely not in a comfortable situation. He was doing very important journalism, covering what was happening in syria when he was taken august 14 of 2012 and has not yet been freed. This is a tragedy of unthinkable proportion. Let us pause for a minute to give our thoughts to austin and his family today. Thank you. That one minute seemed to take forever, didnt it . Just imagine how the 11 years or roughly 5,781,600 minutes felt to austin. Today we have to do some good for him in this case by doing something for his beloved profession, journalism. While american hostages are coming home, journ
Among the books, common sense, huckleberry finn, their eyes were watching god, and free to choose. Watch the 10 part series books that shaped america starting monday, september 18 at 9 p. M. Eastern on cspan, cspan now, or online at cspan. Org. Next, deborah tice spoke about her son, austin, detained in syria for 11 years and the strategies the u. S. Government can use to bring him home. This conversation was hosted by the National Press of and runs one hour 15 minutes. Will do that. Well do that. Good morning, everyone. Im eileen oreilly, president of the National Press club, managing editor of standards and training at axios. Today we meet in a light filled comfortable room surrounded by friends and colleagues. 6000 miles away, austin tice is marking his 11th year away from family, friends, and colleagues and is likely not in a comfortable situation. He was doing very important journalism, covering what was happening in syria when he was taken august 14 of 2012 and has not yet been f
The National Press of and runs one hour 15 minutes. Will do that. Well do that. Good morning, everyone. Im eileen oreilly, president of the National Press club, managing editor of standards and training at axios. Today we meet in a light filled comfortable room surrounded by friends and colleagues. 6000 miles away, austin tice is marking his 11th year away from family, friends, and colleagues and is likely not in a comfortable situation. He was doing very important journalism, covering what was happening in syria when he was taken august 14 of 2012 and has not yet been freed. This is a tragedy of unthinkable proportion. Let us pause for a minute to give our thoughts to austin and his family today. Thank you. That one minute seemed to take forever, didnt it . Just imagine how the 11 years or roughly 5,781,600 minutes felt to austin. Today we have to do some good for him in this case by doing something for his beloved profession, journalism. While american hostages are coming home, journ
Good evening and welcome the bancroft prize program. Columbia university is honored to cosponsor this annual celebrate with the Columbia Department of history each year. The history. Selects one of its leading historians to chair a panel of three jurors chosen the finest scholars in the field hailing from Top Research University across the country. We are delighted that American History tv elected to expand its partnership with us this year by Recording Program for airing an archiving on its website. We will circulate word when the air date and Online Access are available. Were also thrilled that so many guests are joining us for tonights program which features brief interviews with the book prize winners. Their scholarly works delving the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is a joy to celebrating books tonight. In addition to the important prizes that are awarded the endowment left to Library Libraries by, Frederick Bancroft enables us to continue to acquire both rare archival material
Celebrate with the Columbia Department of history each year. The history. Selects one of its leading historians to chair a panel of three jurors chosen the finest scholars in the field hailing from Top Research University across the country. We are delighted that American History tv elected to expand its partnership with us this year by Recording Program for airing an archiving on its website. We will circulate word when the air date and Online Access are available. Were also thrilled that so many guests are joining us for tonights program which features brief interviews with the book prize winners. Their scholarly works delving the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. It is a joy to celebrating books tonight. In addition to the important prizes that are awarded the endowment left to Library Libraries by, Frederick Bancroft enables us to continue to acquire both rare archival material and new publications of Scholarly Research conducted by historians around the world. It is a privilege to wo