Fallen journalists honored at Newseum
The Newseum of Washington has held a commemoration ceremony for journalists killed in the line of duty and added the names of 59 journalists who died in 2010 to its memorial list.
The memorial ceremony paid tribute to the reporters, editors, and photographers who lost their lives while covering the news last year, a Press TV correspondent reported on Monday.
Pakistan, Russia, Iraq, and Mexico were the most dangerous countries for journalists in 2010.
The ceremony also honored more than 2,000 journalists who were murdered since the 1860s. The memorial gallery features photographs for visitors to learn about each journalist named during the memorial.
Krishna Bharat, founder and head of Google News, said in the memorial, “Who will shine light and dark on us, exposing injustice or neglect, sometimes awakening a conscience that has too long slumbered. Who else but journalists, like the colleagues we lost in 2010, and the many before them that we remember today.”
Newseum Vice President Susan Bennet said, “When a journalist dies, sometimes they get a couple of minutes on TV news or one story in a newspaper. Here at the Newseum, they are remembered forever.”
The Newseum is an interactive museum of news and journalism, featuring 15 theaters and 14 galleries.
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