<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div><span style="font-size: medium; line-height: 1.38;">PULITZER PRIZE RECIPIENT AND EMMY AWARD WINNER, HEDRICK SMITH, ON KMEC RADIO, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, AT 1 PM, PACIFIC TIME</span></div><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div class="_5pbx userContent" id="js_4i" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.38; overflow: hidden;"><div id="id_57c3caf252f556796455947" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed" style="display: inline;"><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><a class="profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/john.sakowicz" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">John Sakowicz</a> and <a class="profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/sid.cooperrider" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sid Cooperrider</a> interview <a class="profileLink" href="https://www.facebook.com/HedrickSmith1" style="color: #365899; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Hedrick Smith</a> Smith on KMEC Radio.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">Smith is the former New York Times Washington Bureau Chief who has gone on to publish five books and produce more than 50 hours of long-form documentary television. His most recent book, "Who Stole the American Dream?", which came out in September 2012, landed on The New York Time<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">s national bestseller’s list,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br></span></p><div class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><p style="margin: 0px;">In 1971, Smith was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for its work on the Pentagon Papers. He won a second Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1974 for stories from Russia and Eastern Europe.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">Smith has also won many television awards. His Frontline shows, "The Wall Street Fix" and "Can You Afford to Retire?" won Emmys and two other awards and his Frontline shows, "Critical Condition" and "Tax Me If You Can" were nominated.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">Smith has won or shared the Columbia-Dupont Gold Baton for the year’s best public affairs program on U.S. television twice. He has also won the George Polk, George Peabody and Hillman awards for his excellence in reporting along with two national public service awards.</p><p style="margin: 0px;"><br></p><p style="margin: 0px;">See: <span color="#365899" data-mce-style="color: #365899;" style="color: #365899;"><span style="cursor: pointer;"><a href="http://hedricksmith.com/about-hedrick-smith/" target="_blank">http://hedricksmith.com/about-hedrick-smith/</a></span></span><a href="http://hedricksmith.com/about-hedrick-smith/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow"></a></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span color="#365899" data-mce-style="color: #365899;" style="color: #365899;"><span style="cursor: pointer;"><br></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0px;">KMEC Radio broadcasts at 105.1 FM in Ukiah, CA. 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