tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. this kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say but it s a distinct community of people who really care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other and it was very important to tony to be part of that community he put on with me as his sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing at new york state writers institute in albany back in 91 or 92 called telling the truth at the time of his death. he was the president of the author s guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this program i got to know his widow and his his children who are here very well
founding crew that set up this this program. tony lucas was a wonderful nonfiction writer and reporter who was not only great at what he did, but also cared a lot about the field. this kind of work is not part of mass culture shall we say but it s a distinct community of people who really care about it and are devoted to it and help and support each other and it was very important to tony to be part of that community he put on with me as his sort of deputy a big conference on nonfiction writing at new york state writers institute in albany back in 91 or 92 called telling the truth at the time of his death. he was the president of the author s guild he just, you know did as much as he could possibly do not just for his own work, but for other people who do this work, and and i think he would be really pleased to see what this program named after him has become i never got to know mark linton because he had died i think by the time we started this program i got to know his wido
home. she still be donald trump, who denies this, by 3 million votes in america and she lost the elect roh college. you can see the last few minutes of discussion from this morning s washington journal on our website. the c-span.org. live to the national press club here in washington d.c. for a discussion on new media coverage of the russia investigation. we hear from reporters with the washington post and the new york times. this is just getting underway here live on c-span2. work with faculty who teach the rider university from the vibrant heart of rockland through to 322-acre campus on long island gold coast. one of the longest lasting and proudest honors is to serve as the home of the george polk award. this year we commemorate her 70th anniversary of the murder of george polk who paid the ultimate price for reporting truths during the greek civil war as a cbs news course on it. long island university created a journalism award in 1949 to carry out george polk s
that way he can form opinions. host: how much of these reports are based on unnamed sources, and has that trend increased with this president? all right, i think we will get started. thank you for coming. thank you to c-span. i am the director of the political reform program here at new america. i want to welcome you to this discussion on race and solidarity in the united states and the future of solidarity as a way of thinking about race. this discussion was organized by ted johnson, a fellow in our andonal fellows program also in our political reform program. his work on the complexity of black voting behavior and political attitudes has been eye-opening to me enter medicinally important. he is a fellow at the brennan center for justice, an you can see that here. it is occasionally here. we often do things in partnership with the brennan center, a wonderful organization. bit of ainging a nonlegal, beyond legal, scope of andysis to their work continuing hopefully to work i
[background chatter] good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us. can you hear me? i am kimberly cline, president of long island university. it is fitting that we are here today in the first amendment lounge of the national press club that is truly representative of the mission of the polk awards. we have so much to be proud of at long island university, from our elite experiential learning programs to our world-class faculty and teachers throughout our university, from the vibrant part of brooklyn to the 322-acre campus on long island s gulf coast area one of the longest lasting and proudest honors is to serve as the home of the george polk awards. this year we commemorate our 70th anniversary of the murder of george polk, who played paid the ultimate price for reporting truth during the greek civil war as a cbs news correspondent. long island university created a journalism award in 1949 to carry on george polk s legacy. and for 69 years it has honored journalists