At columbia i hope we are back together again next year and the way we annually celebrate these wonderful awards in the memory of one of the great nonfiction narrative writers of any generation certainly a great influence on the generation of writers that i grew up around and probably the folks being honored tonight. What we are going to do tonight is try to concentrate on the substance rather than the ceremonies since zoom is not a place to exchange awards and the like. We will have a series of conversations with our four winners and then when we are done we will take your questions in chat and try to wrap up in an hour using zoom best practice of not leaving you in front of your computer screen for too long a time, especially this time of day. For those of you new to the awards, we have a short video about j anthony with his prizes. People talk about book writing they almost always talk about the process of writing, sitting at the keyboard writing it down is in many respects not the
Celebrate these wonderful awards. In the memory of one of the great nonfiction narrative writers of any generation, certainly a great influence on the generation of writers that i grew up around, and probably among the folks being honored tonight. What we are going to do tonight is try to concentrate on the substance rather than they ceremony since zoom is not a great place to exchange awards and the like. So were going to have a series of conversations with our four winners, and then ill when were done well take your questions in chat. And well try to wrap up in an hour, following the zoom practice not leaving you in front of your computer screen for to long especially this time of day. As we get started, for those who may be knew to the awards and to the legacy that they honor, we have a short video about J Anthony Luka ss prizes. People talk but book writing, they almost always talk but the process of writing. Sitting there by the keyboard, and writing it dont and it is in many resp
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Context in the sunday morning cover story. Reporter the only thing that comes close to the ugliness of the standoff over the crash site is the ecalating confrontation is Vladimir Putin over whether russia bears responsibility. If this disaster doesnt persuade putin hes on the wrong track, its hard to see what might. Reporter what happens now . Later this sunday mortgage, why the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 is a matter of global concern. Whai. A lady we lost at home this last week. Broadway singer and actress, Elaine Stritch died at the age of 89. She was as feisty off stage as on. As i found out earlier this year when she sat down with us at her home in detroit. What do you think when you look at that . I think im pretty hot stuff. Up until her final days, Elaine Stritch remained both brassy and bold. Are you married . I am, yeah. Oh, shoot. The last interview. Theres no business like show business. Cowan a remarkable career of a true broadway baby. Perhaps its not all that
With time well get more and more sunshine. Not 100 snow for everybody. A couple of springsless across southern pennsylvania. Nothing falling that close to the metro area. Shear the scan on storm team 4 radar. Clouds are thicker in northern maryland. From washington southbound no problems at all. Mid 50s in fredricksburg, still in the mid 30s in leesburg. Temperatures for most of the afternoon will be in the upper 50s to low 60s degrees. Checking that monday morning forecast which includes a rain drop threat coming up. Thanks chuck. Right now hundreds of people are outside enjoying the winter warmup. A 5k race just wrapping up. We want to check back in with news 4s derrick ward live in arlington where runners are making their way to the finish line. Hi derrick. Reporter we think weve seen the last of the participants in the love the run youre with. The weather great for this. Wanted to take a look at the start of the race. You can see those several hundred runners, maybe close to 1,000