and marc fisher, a senior editor at the "washington post" and author of something in the air, history of radio and germany after theberline wall and received put litter prices in 2016, 2014, for reporting on police shootings and government surveillance and let's give the whole entire panel a round of applause. [applause] >> and of course, these gentlemen are authors and authors of these major books you see before you and they're for sale and you can purchase them after this q & a session. want to start off with each author talking -- i forget to introduce the moderator. april ryan. white house correspondent and washington bureau chief for the urban radio narrative. the author of the latest book, black and white. i've been the white house for 20 years covering now four presidents. and with that, let go to frank sis dis -- frank sis noh. >> my park is born of be viewer and asking questions of all ranges of people. artists, scientists and business leaders and, yes, politicians. and the recognition and the realization that we ask entirely differently depending on who we're asking. and wha