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among the winners was the first podcast recipient. after the announcement, a panel of journalists talked about the important of the press with a focus on the rising world of audio. this is just under one hour. good morning, everyone, and welcome to the announcement of george polkk winners. i am privileged to be the president of long island university. this is our second year hosting this wonderful event in the first amendment lounge of the national press club. it is the 70th anniversary of the founding of this award. long island university created our journalism award in 1949 to carry on george polk s legacy of relentlessly pursuing truth. andas recognized original impactful and thought-provoking work by journalists across locations met mediums, and topics over the last 70 years. how thisnsely proud of award has remained relevant despite an entered changing and ever changing landscape. reason for the men and women who painstakingly journalism awards in the country. it
they said, this is not just a moment, this is a movement. and we know now that we have a movement moment. 100 years after getting the right to vote, we have the largest female representation in the history of the house of representatives, thanks to the democrats. [applause] and we have at the helm of that house a person who will go down in my humble opinion as the most impactful speaker in the history of the united states house of representatives, nancy pelosi. [applause] and a former dnc member, i might add. [applause] thank you, speaker pelosi. you know what, folks? i start with speaker pelosi because yesterday, you may recall we opened up our session with a moment of silence marking the anniversary of the tragic and all too preventable shooting in parkland. now, as you know, there was another shooting in a town called aurora not aurora, colorado, i am speaking of a different shooting. aurora, illinois, the scene of another shooting that took the lives of five americans a