What was your first journalistic experience . Susan i remember being 10 years old and handing out copies of the newspaper that my parents founded, the legal times, at the Aba Convention in washington. And probably ever since then. Brian how long did they own legal times . Susan they started in 1977 and their Company Owned it until 1986. Brian who is the first person who tie you would journalism is all about . Funny. You know, it was there was a famous teacher at the high school i went to. Tom lyons was the supervisor of the newspaper at andover. He was also george w. Bushs favorite teacher in high school. Many years later he was still around, a very, very older statesmen at the school, and not only was he a great leader in journalism but also in the role of a free press. He taught constitutional law as well. My junior year in high school. It was incredible experience. Brian your husband is with us today. Peter baker. Before i go to peter baker, what were the circumstances where you met
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For the national staff. I started in january 1998 one week before the monica story broke. Peter was a White House Reporter covering president clinton. That is how we met. Brian we have some video from 1998. Actually, right after you started. February 6. This is your husband, peter baker, when he worked at the post. The president gets home from his deposition on january 17, having just spent six hours with lawyers from paula jones and going through all this reported sexual encounters with lawyers repeating questions. The one that stuck in his mind was monica lewinsky. He gets home at night and because of betty currie and asks her to come into the office the next day. So they can talk about it. That sunday in the privacy of the white house and they went through his testimony and he tried to see if his memory matched her memory. Prosecutors are very interested in that because her version was somewhat different in that he says i was never out of earshot. He and lewinsky were never essentia
Susan i remove her being 10 years old and handing out copies of newspapers that my parents founded, the legal times, at the Aba Convention in washington. Brian how long did they own legal times . Susan we started in 1977 and their Company Owned it until 1986. Brian who taught you about journalism . Lyons was the supervisor of the newspaper at andover. He was also george w. Bushs favorite teacher in high school. Many years later was still and not only was he a great leader in journalism but also in the role of a free press. Taught constitutional law as well. My junior year in high school. It was incredible experience. Brian your husband is with us today. Peter baker. When the circumstances when you met him . Used toou have people say i got my job through the Washington Post . I met my husband there. Monica lewinsky was the thing that brought us together. I was an editor at the i would oversee investigative reporting for the national staff. I started in january 1998 one week before the m
Of gwen ifill across the ballroom. I would answer questions, so i hope you have a bunch. Afterwards, mr. Morris will sign copies of his book at the table. By the way, marion was the recipient of the state award in 1998 and her picture from that night is just outside the room on the law. Please get a National Press club welcome to dan and john morris. [applause] thank you all for coming. We are here to celebrate the life and times of a Great Washington institution, a former colleague of mine and many others, some of whom are in the room. John has written a wonderful and engaging book. We will give you a flavor of it here tonight and then i hope that you all if you havent bought a copy, go out and get one. John is a senior fellow at the center for American Progress and served in a number of senior roles in government and International Institutions and nonprofits including the state department and the International Crisis group and hes written for the atlantic and Washington Post in Forei