Gwen ifill was a preachers daughter who at an early age knew her calling was to become a journalist. After college she worked as a print reporter for the baltimore evening sun and the Washington Post and the new york times. In the 1990s she became a Tv Correspondent for nbc news and later the pbs newshour. She covered seven president ial campaigns. She moderated two Vice President ial debates and a Democratic Candidates debate. Last june gwen hosted a pbs town hall with president obama. He reflected on her passing and extraordinary career earlier this week. President obama she was an extraordinary journalist. I always appreciated gwens reporting even when i was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews. Michele gwen was a trailblazer who broke racial and gender barriers. In 1999 she was named moderator and managing editor of Washington Week making history as the first africanamerican woman to host a National Politics program on tv. Later, she made history again a
Gwen ifill was a preachers daughter who at an early age knew her calling was to become a journalist. After college she worked as a print reporter for the baltimore evening sun and the Washington Post and the new york times. In the 1990s she became a Tv Correspondent for nbc news and later the pbs newshour. She covered seven president ial campaigns. She moderated two Vice President ial debates and a Democratic Candidates debate. Last june gwen hosted a pbs town hall with president obama. He reflected on her passing and extraordinary career earlier this week. President obama she was an extraordinary journalist. I always appreciated gwens reporting even when i was at the receiving end of one of her tough and thorough interviews. Michele gwen was a trailblazer who broke racial and gender barriers. In 1999 she was named moderator and managing editor of Washington Week making history as the first africanamerican woman to host a National Politics program on tv. Later, she made history again a
People dont listen in the same day that something is produced, like a lot of other mediums. But what has thrived in its place is so heartening to me. Its context. Its explanation. Its narrative. And a lot of it has gotten us far past the sort binaries of who is winning the horse race today, whose got the cycle down. Not to denigrate that because there is part that is really interesting to me. The Washington Post is doing with their series president ial, where they go through and talk about each and every one of the president s and their challenges and their story. Mike and the economist are doing a show called special relationship, which is really fantastic, which has a political reporter from the uk talking to one here in the u. S. And if anybody has traveled overseas recently and tried to have a political conversation with somebody who is not american, you will know exactly how interesting that can be. And the show really gets at that. And i would just say, coy talk about this for ho
An integral part of america. Over the past several years, we have seen achievements that would have been unimaginable to the people that started the modern lgbt movement at stonewall. Today, all americans are protected by a hate crime law that includes Sexual Orientation and gender identity. Do not ask, dont tell is history. Companies can no longer turn you away because of who you are. Transgender americans are more visible than ever, hoping to make the nation more inclusive. One year ago this weekend, we lit the white house in every color, because in every state you are now free to marry the person you love. There is still work to do. As we saw two weeks ago in orlando, the Lgbt Community still faces real violence and discrimination we cannot rest, we must push for equality and tolerance. But the art of our history is clear, it is of progress, and a lot of it can be traced back to stonewall. This week, i am designating the Stonewall National monument as the newest addition to the park
, forgh the scorecards agencies have realized 2 billion with the savings over the last two years by moving to the cloud. Watch the communicators monday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two. Tonight on cspan, a look at the 20 16th presence of election and impact 2016 present election and the Impact Technology is having on the race. We will show you one conference from santa monica, california, and another from the george bush president ial center in dallas. Later, a conversation with facebooks chief operating officer sheryl sandberg. An allfemale panel of Digital Media correspondents, producers, and executives discussed the 2016 present election and how podcast, live ists, and other technology being used to target millennials. This is from the ideas los angeles conference in santa monica. This is 40 minutes. It is all women. [laughter] [applause] hi, guys. Thank you, everybody, for coming this afternoon. Was thea mentioned, i editor on the digital side and i worked on the Election S