god afternoon. good afternoon. good afternoon. there are some people for whom good afternoon is a cue and youre are others for whom if can hear me, clap. i think we are good. good afternoon. good afternoon. welcome. welcome to the ninth biannual walter cronkite awards for excellence in television political journalism. i am marty caplan. i am on the faculty of the annenberg school for come mun kissing and journalism at the southerny of california, i am the director of er, whichn leer cent has administered these awards oute walter cronkite gave the first one here in washington in 2001. if you are with us on c-span or facebook live, welcome to you, too, from the national press club in washington. if you are watching to see the prom dresses and movie stars or them, that is the other media gathering in washington this weekend. but please do stay with us. looking around this room, i see plenty of glamour, right here, in the middle english root meaning of glamour, learning,
ennial walter cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. walter cronkite award for excellence in political journalism. er, whichn leer cent has administered these awards oute walter cronkite gave the first one here in washington in 2001. if you are with us on c-span or facebook live, welcome to you, too, from the national press club in washington. if you are watching to see the prom dresses and movie stars or them, that is the other media gathering in washington this weekend. but please do stay with us. looking around this room, i see plenty of glamour, right here, in the middle english root meaning of glamour, learning, unowledge, in cite, and, if yo believe that the actualette tow our, then you bear once to the loop pins of something called alternative fact. which is a wrong, that good journalism tries to right. today s award winners and work ions across and stat the country. i see a number of other distinguished guests whom i would like to recognize. you know w