jamal simmons. [applause] the way this is going to work is each of them are going to talk to you for 10 to 15 minutes, and then jeff will moderate a panel with invigorating and rocket of discussion -- and provocative discussion on the media. thank you so much. >> good afternoon. i guess this is the invigorating part. it's an honor and pleasure to be here, and greetings to my fellow board members and all of you regarding what role in class you are part of with in this fantastic organization that i am proud to be a part of. clearly, in dealing with the media, there are way too many directions that we could go in. but for the purpose of trying to create a focused dialogue, i think we are going to target, obviously, news and public affairs programming and information distribution of multiple media outlets. we can have a targeted conversation and really make it a conversation -- i think all of us are not going to speak for 15 minutes, but keep it a little more concise than that, and then have a conversat