by jpitney | Jan 7, 2021 | Journalism
In response to events today in Washington D.C., the Committee to Protect Journalists issued the following statement: “We are gravely concerned by today’s attack on American institutions, including the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., where journalists as well as...
by jpitney | Jan 5, 2021 | Journalism
President Trump signed into law the Fallen Journalists Memorial Act, authorizing the planning and construction of a memorial in Washington, D.C., to slain journalists. The push behind this act came after the 2018 Capital Gazette shooting, where a gunman killed five...
by jpitney | Dec 29, 2020 | Journalism
From the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation: Who will be honored by the memorial? The memorial will honor fallen journalists and the U.S.’s commitment to a free press. It will not name individual journalists. What will the memorial look like? While no...
by jpitney | Dec 25, 2020 | Journalism
The Honorable David Dreier, Chairman of the Fallen Journalists Memorial (FJM) Foundation, issued the following statement today after President Trump signed legislation authorizing the Foundation to establish a Fallen Journalists Memorial on federal land in Washington,...
by jpitney | Dec 24, 2020 | Congress, Journalism
Brooks DuBose at The Capital Gazette: President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday a bipartisan bill authorizing a national monument to honor slain journalists, included the five people killed in the 2018 attack on the Capital Gazette newsroom. The Fallen...
by jpitney | Dec 22, 2020 | Journalism
From the Committee to Protect Journalists:
