my name is byron mel kind. professor,unct former international bureau chief for the associated press in the 107th president of the national press club. [applause] no need to applause. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and all the

my name is byron mel kind. professor,unct former international bureau chief for the associated press in the 107th president of the national press club. [applause] no need to applause. the national press club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists committed to our profession's future through our programming with events such as this while fostering a free press worldwide. for more information about the national press club, please visit our website at press.org. on behalf of our members worldwide, i would like to welcome our speaker and all the guests of our speaker at the head table and in the audience. i would like to remind you that our head table includes guests of our speaker as well as working journalists who are club members. if you hear applause and our audience, i note the members of the general public who are , it is not from a lack of journalistic objectivity. also want to welcome our c-span and public radio audiences. you can follow the action on #ander using the hashtag pclun