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Hi, everyone. It's Sophia.

Welcome to Work in Progress.

Welcome to this week's work in progress, friends.

I know this is a pretty wild time in the news, certainly at home in the States around the world.

The amount of information we're being met with is hard to digest and certainly hard to emotionally

handle at times. And when I feel that way, one of the things that gives me the most hope and

makes me feel the most centered is to turn to journalists that I trust. And one of the journalists I trust most in the landscape is Kristen Welker.

At a time like this when trust in institutions is incredibly fragile and, let's be frank,

the truth itself is often contested, the role of our press has rarely felt more consequential or more scrutinized

and leading that conversation with an incredible ability to balance truth-telling

in a deep and empathetic way and incredible amounts of historical context

and unbelievable access that she has earned through

many years in this business creating incredible relationships is Kristen Welker.

She is only the second woman to moderate meet the press.

She is the first journalist of color to moderate meet the press.

She is carrying its legacy into a new era and designing its future in real time. Her career has been built on

incredible preparation, very impressive restraint, and what is clearly a deep belief in journalism

as a public service.

From watching the evening news as a little girl in Philadelphia

to reporting from the White House across three administrations,

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