good evening. my name is kathleen richardson and i am the dean of the school of journalism and mitigation at drake university. welcome both to the members of our audience here at the science center of iowa and des moines and to those of us or those of you who are joining us by lifestream. this year we are celebrating the 100th anniversary of journalism education at drake and from the beginning in 1919 our program has been characterized by a close relationship with our profession and by service for our community. we are very proud to continue that tradition by cohosting the conversation tonight. we have experts on the front lines of this pressing public issue. this event is brought to you through a collaboration between drake university and sidelined. sideline is a philosophically funded free service for journalists based at the american association for the advancement of science in washington dc. it connects reporters to scientists in order to promote more credible accurate
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planned. the premier league will hold an emergency meeting later to discuss whether future matches should go ahead. that is after the arsenal manager, mikel arteta, and chelsea player callum hudson odoi both tested positive for the virus. the canadian prime minister s wife tests positive for coronavirus. justin trudeau says he has no symptoms, but will self isolate for m days. a terrible thursday on global stock markets as growing concern over the impact of the coronavirus outbreaks or nearly 11% wiped off the value of the top 100 companies on the stock exchange, the biggest drop since 1987. i will be here when the markets open this morning. we have a few showers on the cards today, but for much of the uk, a window of dry weather before things turn unsettled once again into the weekend. i will bring you all the details in about ten minutes. it is friday 13 march. our top story: new measures to help protect people from the coronavirus outbreak come into effect from today. anyb
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