please join me in welcoming joel simon and kathleen carroll. [applause] >> thank you, sheila. jolt and wanted to start out by talking about about this tide list new book? >> i'd love to come kathleen. thank you so much and thank you, sheila. thank you to the journalism school for hosting this discussion. so "the new censorship" explores fundamental contradictions of our modern global existence. y. in an age defined by information of the people who bring us the news dying in record numbers? y. at a time when technology was supposed to make censorship impossible is it actually on the rise? let's start off with some raw numbers. according to cpj data, these last two years have been the most deadly and dangerous for journalists in history. a record number of journalists have been killed, a record number or imprison. freedom of expression is on the wane according to data compiled the independent advocacy groups. what i credited his address these issues not in abstract theoretical terms but based on my own experience as executive director of the committee to protect journalists. so t