we already know who will be president -- that will be jeff mason so i am sure he is thinking about who he wants for an entertainer. we have to do that early. theo you reach out to entertainers? >> yes. and a lot of them reach out to us. [laughter] >> really? >> yes. >> this is a marquee event or a >> it is. they are sort of between -- this is great, great exposure for us crowdis is a very tough and i could get a really bad review. so they walk that line. >> why is it at the hilton? >> it is -- >> as it always been there? over 90 years,- but, it is held at the hilton unique in that we have a dinner that the president comes to and stays. another hotel might have a but there is no holding room for the president, hotelper, no separate -- with two entrances. guests can come in upstairs, we can have those two lower floors to ourselves. we also need a lot of private party space. because our members, which we have nothing to do with, rent space for their parties. so, no we can -- there can be up to 20 other pre-parties in that hotel. other hotels are not built for that. >> you are not in charg

that is very clear. >> you mentioned jeff mason of reuters, who will be your successor.en this past year, what is your advice to him? ms. lee: that is a very good question. my advice to him would be a couple things. one, to have somebody there who manages your request to talk to media, because there is a lot of that around the time of the dinner and when you are doing a million different things. more broadly, just to have fun and to understand that the seriousness of what you do and get up every day and think about how you can make things better for the white house press corps in terms of what they get in access to the president. i think jeff is going to do that. he is great. he already does that. he is very thoughtful. he has been a terrific vice president. i tend to get hotter and he stays cool. i went to journalism school at nyu for a master's degree, and i was going to start a magazine, and then i got a job working at "the new york times" editorial board. i got really into politics. i worked in florida for several years. in 2008, i came to washington to cover the whi

i would also like to invite jeff mason to introduce this year's scholarship winners. program that perez each of our scholars with the white house correspondent. he is going to make a terrific president next year. [applause] jeff: it is my honor to start reading the names of this year's winners. marcos martinez. [applause] [applause] jasmine goodwin. [applause] my you shall mille[applause] miles morore. [applause] jasmine monet ellis. [applause] misha youssef. [applause] molina.ana [applause] benson. [applause] andrew craigbaum. [applause] caleb o'brien. [applause] [applause] hi i jeff: congratulations to all of this year's winners. [applause] the firstou again to lady. awards to ae give knowledge of outstanding work that reporters have done. it is a moment that reminds us how valuable the freedom to practice journalism is. carol: one year ago, jason rezaian was in prison in iran. today, thanks to efforts by the president, secretary kerry, his colleagues at the washington post, and his family, particularly his brother, jason is free. [applause] like jason, many of our

. >> you mentioned jeff mason of reuters, who will be your successor.en this pastor, what is requested him? ms. lee: that is a very good question. my advice to him would be a couple things. one, to have somebody there who manages your request to talk to media, because there is a lot about that comes around the time of the dinner and when you are doing a million different things. fun broadly, just to have and to understand that the andousness of what you do get up every day and think about how you can make things better for the white house press corps in terms of what they get in access to the president. i think that is going -- i think jeff is going to do that. he is great. he is very thoughtful. he has been a terrific fight president. -- vice president. he tends to get a little cooler. i went to journalism school at degree, and ier's was going to start a magazine, and then i got a job working at "the new york times" editorial page. i worked in florida for several years. came to washington to cover the white house for politico, and moved over to "the jo

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