Barbara cochran, who is the president of the National Press Club Journalism institute will say a few welcoming remarks, and thank you, all, for coming. Ms. Cochran good morning, and thank you so much for being here today. I think the size of this crowd is a pretty good indication of the interest there is in finding ways for journalists and government officials to Work Together constructively to make sure that the public gets the information that we all need in a democracy. As kathy said, i am barbara cochran. Im professor of journalism and the director of the Washington Program of the Missouri School of journalism. And also the president of the National Press Club Journalism institute, which is the charitable and educational arm of the National Press club. This session is one of a series we have been doing this year to address the problems that have arisen, very dramatically, in washington for reporters this year and the threats facing a free press. This spring we discussed the challen
More. Hawkins is going to be be charged by the fbi. Ayss one of the graves closest supporter. Mitchellwas allegedly running an off the books transportation effort. Papers suggest he is going to plead guilty to one count of making a false statement. The reaction today. You hate to see this happen i look forward to learning more. Bout the details theres not much much more i can say. Hawkins is said to appear here at d. C. Federal Court Tomorrow to plead to the. That one count. Will have more of this at 6 p. M. Including reaction and a neighborhood that is reeling from this news today. Guilty of murder and racketeering. Found out hislger fate this afternoon. A jury reached its verdict after four and a half days of deliberations saying he was involved in the murders of 11 people. Many were carried out while he was an informant for the fbi. He will be sentenced in november and faces a life sentence. His lawyer says he will appeal. It was a good start to the workweek. We have the first check
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