I never had the chance to meet James Foley. So, I asked a former recipient of this award, Nicole tang to tell me a bit about her good friend, Jim. And she told me about his warmth and generosity. About how he was always ready to help other journalists and colleagues with information, ideas and contacts. He never saw other journalists as competitors, but rather as fellow fellow storytellers, working toward the same goal. What's different about this award, I think, is that it's not for a photograph or a specific story, or even just general reporting from a country at war. It's more about that spirit of generosity and concern for our community of storytellers that Jim embodied, and within the context of that legacy, I'm deeply honored to be here tonight. We're living in the most documented time in human history. Billions of us carry these little cameras around in our pockets. And we're inundated daily by images and videos from around the world. With that relentless flow comes propaganda lies, misinformation, disinformation. As journalists, our job is to cut through that noise. And to deliver considered and trustworthy reporting. But we're under greatest threat than ever before. 1700 journalists have been killed in the line of duty in the last 20 years. Friends and colleagues are being jailed, beaten and murdered for their work. international journalists receive the most intention attention when things go wrong. But the greatest and most persistent threats are actually faced by local journalists in places like Mexico, Congo, Syria, Iraq, Yemen. Of the 17 journalists killed in Ukraine since Russia's invasion last year. 11 of them or Ukrainian. Ethiopia, China, Iran and other authoritarian countries are jailing journalists at alarming rates. As Dan pointed out, the Wall Street journalist Evan Gursky, which has been impeached. charges on top of all of that there's a somewhat depressing reality that no individual photograph or story really shifts the course of any conflict. So what drives us then to do this kind of work in the face of these risks and this sometimes sense of futility? For me, at least there's an anger and anger against the injustices of the world that are brought into sharp relief by war. And then there's the desire to challenge and to refuse to accept the kinds of cruelty and crimes so often committed in war. That becomes the motivating force. The alternative, the idea of not using our storytelling skills, of not recording snapshots of history in real time or of not documenting war crimes as they unfold. That idea of inaction becomes morally unacceptable. Our individual contributions may be small, but the hope is that collectively, the consistent flow of powerful reporting and the kinds of moving stories that we've seen boarded here tonight produced by a broad and diverse community of journalists can penetrate those layers of profit, propaganda of lies, and disinformation and misinformation to inform the public and influence those decision makers who can actually shape the direction of conflicts and the course of human history. I suspect, Jim, believe this, that collectively as a community of storytellers, we hold the power to make some difference. And we also have a duty to look after each other. So in this spirit, and in his memory, I'm grateful to you Diane for keeping Jim's memory and values alive. Through this award. Thank you