Ladies and john but we welcome to the podium. [inaudible] hi everybody, it has been so wonderful tonight to meet so many old friends, and reconnect with so many people. So tonight we salute the talented journalists who have signed up to work their hearts out, undaunted by the financial gloom and our industry. So lets raise a glass to those who keep telling amazing stories, and showing us why we must continue to care. Your jobs require more knowledge, more skill than ever. And the wellbeing of our citizens depends on your success. So as you know, the u. S. Military believes it should never send an officer on a Difficult Mission without proper training. They dont say, as before and correspondence were once told, off you go, youll figure it out. Oh and file before you land. Our journalists are in a fight for their life. And they deserve all of the training and support we can possibly muster to help them cover and ever more complex world. Here is what nps is doing to help. The National Pre
I am the 113th president of the National Press club and wanted an honor it is to have this is the First Program on my watch. This year. The former general manager of cbs Radio Network news and former managing editor, the boys on the bus is required reading and i have the pleasure in the challenge for one of those boys chamberlin from opi. [laughter] [applause] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history the 87th president of the National Press club, bureau chief of gaylord News University of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much the legacy of the 112 year history of journalism especially in washington we are pleased we have a new book of the new history of the club called tales from the National Press club scheduled to be published by the History Press and those that have had an impact on history. This event tonight was proposed by our moderator who himself is part of the Gr
International the boys on the bus is required reading and i have the pleasure and the challenge one of those boys sounds like you know pie chamberlin. [laughter] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the Heritage Team the 87th president the bureau chief of gaylord news bureau and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much. The role of the National Press club history is the legacy of the 112 year history as well as digitalism history in washington. The history of the club called tales from the club are scheduled to be published by the History Press and explorers those of an added impact on history. Thisis event tonight was proposed by our moderator as part of the growth and for generations for the greatgrandfather who by the way invented the telephone. [laughter] and is now editor e and publisher ofam American Heritage magazine of young historians and also the publisher of the history books and the thirdgeneration memb
From opi. [laughter] [applause] looking forward to a terrific discussion this evening now i have the pleasure of introducing the chair of the National Press club history the 87th president of the National Press club, bureau chief of gaylord News University of oklahoma and a dear friend. [applause] thank you so much the legacy of the 112 year history of journalism especially in washington we are pleased we have a new book of the new history of the club called tales from the National Press club scheduled to be published by the History Press and those that have had an impact on history. This event tonight was proposed by our moderator who himself is part of the Grover Family founded by eds greatgrandfather Alexander Graham bell. Who by the way now editor and publisher of the American Heritage magazine that has inspired generations of historians and hes also the author and editor of 13 history books and a thirdgeneration club member and is here to introduce our distinguished panel from the