welcome everybody. i like how you instantly got silent. welcome. on behalf of the national press club journalism institute , i am happy you are joining us on this room and on c-span. i am the executive director of the national press club journalism institute where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. this is a really important program in service to that mission. i want to tell you a little bit about how it came about. back in april, ava to burn a was given an honor as part of the free expression words. as she accepted her honor she talked about nipsey hussle and dedicated it to him. she talked about the la times and their coverage. i want to show you what she said. tonight i want to dedicate this award to someone who was and is important. someone who used his arts in dynamic ways. he is a rap artist, and entrepreneurial activist from the part of the country i am from. very close to compton, where i grew. his name is nipsey hussle. he to
span s q&a. coming up next, a discussion on the la times coverage of the death of rapper nipsey hussle. reporters from the la times joined the national press club journalism institute to talk about efforts to change the negative image of south central los angeles. the rapper s rise to philanthropy, diversity in newsrooms, and writing authentic stories for an underrepresented community. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. welcome everybody. i like how you instantly got silent. welcome. on behalf of the national press club journalism institute , i am happy you are joining us on this room and on c-span. i am the executive director of the national press club journalism institute where we are working to close the gap between journalism and civic engagement. this is a really important program in service to that mission. i want to tell you a little bit about how it came about. back in april, ava to burn a was given an honor as part of the free expression words. as she acc
it s my pleasure of author miriam horn choices even. she s author of two previous books including a new york times bestseller. she pretty worked for the u.s. forest service and spent 15 years writing numerous newspaper articles and for magazines including the new york times, u.s. news, world report, smithsonian. tonight we re celebrating the most release and recent book, rancher, farmer, fisherman. during the conversation we are glad to ian frazier. but first tell us a bit about her book, lee s welcome miriam horn. [applause] thank you for welcoming us to this incredible row at the strand and for keeping the strength such a vital part of our lives. thank you for joining me here. i have been a group be of ian frazier for 25 years since i first read great plains which remained one of my most beloved books ever. if you haven t read great plains and you should pick it up on your way out. i wanted to do a couple things before we start the conversation. when it s just to
a the anecdote is an amazing story. as a young person fascinated by the book i would like to know your message to others fascinated the buck. there s so many things. i think one of the things i said earlier, this idea curiosity and imagination is a really important lesson i learned from the book. another one, and this is something if you ask catherine johnson and speak to her and say how is it possible for you in the south in the work a work ent that still have segregated bathrooms and cafeterias and all these things were still happening when a woman may not have even been able to get a credit card in her own name how are you able to do this work and tell them this would bring them home safely that sounds like a lot to ask and goes back to what my father said to me. you are no better than anyone else and no one is better than you are. [applause] i ve probably spent more time thinking about that than any other things because one of these things that seems very simple to both
it s my pleasure to have miriam horn joining us this evening, the author of two previous books including the bestseller earth to peopler. she works at the environmental defense fund. miriam previously worked for the u.s. forest service and spent 15 years writing numerous newspaper articles and for magazines including the new york times, u.s. news & world report, smith soap january and vanity fair. smithsonian. tonight we re celebrating rancher, farmer, fisherman, it s about conservation heroes of the heartland. joining miriam in conversation, we re glad to have ian frazier, best selling author. but first, to tell us a little bit about her book, please welcome miriam horn. [applause] thank you, kaylen, and thank you, eddie sutton, for welcoming us to this incredible room at the strand and for keeping the strand such a vital part of our lives. thank you, ian frazier, for joining me here. i have been a group by of ian s groupie of ian s for 25 years since i first r