Newseum Rededicates Journalists Memorial at Monday Ceremony

Monday at the Newseum, its staff and media came together to rededicate its Journalists Memorial in honor of ten journalists who died or were killed in the pursuit of news during 2013. 

“I don’t really think the world is aware of the sacrifices that journalists make,” said Gene Policinski, chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute. “Not just those who died, but those who are imprisioned, intimidated, beaten, prevented by other means from doing their job, their operations are shut down, and the memorial is a way of taking this hyperexample of those who died, and saying to the world, ‘Think about this for a minute.