[background chatter] good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us. Can you hear me . I am kimberly cline, president of long Island University. It is fitting that we are here today in the First Amendment lounge of the National Press club that is truly representative of the mission of the polk awards. We have so much to be proud of at long Island University, from our elite experiential learning programs to our worldclass faculty and teachers throughout our university, from the vibrant part of brooklyn to the 322acre campus on long islands gulf coast area one of the longest lasting and proudest honors is to serve as the home of the george polk awards. This year we commemorate our 70th anniversary of the murder of george polk, who played paid the ultimate price for reporting truth during the greek civil war as a cbs news correspondent. Long Island University created a Journalism Award in 1949 to carry on george polks legacy. And for 69 years it has honored journalists who deliver origi