Congress Approves Fallen Journalists Memorial To Be Built On Federal Land In D.C.
Source: DCist
DEC 4, 10:04 AM
Congress Approves Fallen Journalists Memorial To Be Built On Federal Land In D.C.
Elliot C. Williams https://twitter.com/ecwilliams30
Congress has authorized construction of a memorial on federal land in D.C. to honor reporters, photographers, and broadcasters who have been killed while on the job. The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to pass the House’s version of the “Fallen Journalists Memorial Act” on Thursday, as first reported by the Capital Gazette.
On June 28, 2018, five Capital Gazette reporters — Gerald Fischman, John McNamara, Wendi Winters, Rebecca Smith, and Rob Hiaasen — were shot and killed by a man who stormed into the Annapolis newsroom with a shotgun and smoke grenades. The massacre led former Congressman David Dreier, also former chairman of the Capital’s parent company Tribune Publishing, to begin collecting support for a memorial.
“Every year, journalists are attacked, imprisoned and murdered around the world,” said Dreier, who is now chairman of the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation, in a statement. “No matter the circumstances of their deaths, these journalists and their sacrifices deserve to be remembered by a free society that values a free press.”
Democratic Congresswoman Grace Napolitano of California and Republican Congressman Tom Cole of Oklahoma introduced the bipartisan legislation in the House in June 2019. The bill was co-sponsored by Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin of Maryland, and Rob Portman from Ohio.
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I heard about this legislation this morning on WTOP.
