For those who want to know more journalistic profession, following their role in society, and happened to be in Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, it is worth visiting the Newseum, the museum world or the United States press.
He was far from shabby. He is grand and luxurious, located on the seventh floor of a building of blue glass, which is located at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue, which connects the Parliament Building on Capitol Hill and the White House presidential palace to Sixth Street, NW, Washington, DC, and adjacent to the Smithsonian Museums on the National Mall.
If you look at the location, not accidentally run Newseum is a private foundation, located in the center of politics and history of the United States, to demonstrate the role of the media as the fourth pillar of democracy in the U.S., after the executive, legislative, and judiciary. Here presented many attractions that combine high technology with a history of multimedia, including the historical development of the press from the 5th century before printing, to use communication tools sophisticated lately. In the background there is the face of a marble plaque that reads the words of the First Amendment, which is the foundation of freedom of the press in the U.S.. The walls of opaque glass was deliberately made so that people passing by on the street could see the role of the media provide a forum for the media and the public to understand each other.
On the seventh floor of the building there are many galleries and theaters, which all revolve around the theme of how and why the news (news) was made by the reporters.
Commemorating the 1800 Reporters
On the ground floor there is the inscription of glass The Journalists Memorial, which contains the name of more than 1,800 reporters, photographers, or broadcast media crew who died when a journalistic duty in various parts of the world. On this floor there is also a place selling souvenirs, including t-shirts, that read something interesting like “Trust me I’ma reporter”. Visiting the Newseum provide valuable experience for anyone, including journalists, ever. If not satisfied required more than three hours to enjoy the whole ride in this building. End, the visitors schools of that is news is a rough history or the news is that half of history.
Because the show is not merely the objects associated with the world of journalism, from the most ancient to the most sophisticated, but especially how and why journalists work recording the history while also determine the course of history through their activities through the news reveals the truth.
very fine article. i hope to apply some of these in my blog. thank you!