jennifer lawson senior vice president for television at the corporation for public broadcasting. "the oinske, editor for washington post." sharon rockefeller, president and c.e.o., weta, the local affiliate. skipping over the podium, allison fitzgerald, project manager for financial and state news for the center for public integrity and the speaker's committee chair. skipping over our speaker for the moment natalie devalo for today president and c.e.o. of pbs, paula kruger, julie bikowicz, national reporter for bloomberg news, akio fuji bureau chief for mccluskey of ly the press club freelanc committee. [applause] in 1989, five harlem teenagers were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in new york city's central park. that sexual assault of a white jogger sparked a media frenzy and public demand for justice that led to the conviction of the so-called central park five. despite the d.n.a. evidence that excluded them and no eyewitness accounts, tying them to the crime. a serial rapist later admitted to being the perpetrator. but not before these young men served complete sente

jennifer lawson, senior vice president for television at the corporation for public broadcasting. megan pointsky, knight regional point editor for "the washington post". sharon rockefeller, president and ceo of weta, the local pbs affiliate. skipping over the podium, allison fitzgerald, project manager for financial and state news for the center for public integrity and the speaker's committee chair. skipping over our speaker for a moment, natalie, a reporter for "usa today." paula krueger, president and ceo of pbs. julie -- [inaudible] national reporter for bloomberg news. akio fuji, washington wiewr your chief and molly mccloskey, vice chair of the national press club's freelance committee. [applause] in 1989 five harlem teenagers were wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in new york city's central park. that sexual assault of a white jogger sparked a media frenzy and public demand for justice that led to the conviction of these so-called central park five. despite dna evidence that excluded them and no eyewitness accounts tying them to crime. a serial rapist later admitted

jennifer lawson, senior vice centernt for the public for broadcasting. allison fitzgerald, project manager for financial and state news. natalie reporting for "usa today. president and ceo of pbs. national reporter for bloomberg vance. washington bureau chief for nikkei. the is the vice chair of press club trilogy committee. in 1989, 5 harlem tenders are wrongly convicted of raping a white woman in your city central five teenagers are wrongly convicted of raping a white women in new york city's central park. despite evidence. a serial rapist later admitted to being the perpetrator, but not before these young men served complete sentences. in his latest documentary, our guest today tells the story through the vivid testimony of the central park 5. it is a painful and anatomy of wrongful convictions. the movie was directed and produced by mr. burns. sarah was only 6 when the event to place. when she learned about it, or that a decade later, she was so taken with the story. he film based on her buook, conspired to undermine the rights of five young men and