The Newseum. Washington, D.C. http://www.newseum.org
2009; Oxford University Press; Volume: 96; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1093/jahist/96.3.782
ISSN1945-2314
Autores Tópico(s)Media Studies and Communication
ResumoPermanent exhibition, opened April 2008. 250,000 sq. ft. Alberto Ibarguen, chairman; Charles L. Overby, chief executive officer; The Freedom Forum, benefactor; Ralph Appelbaum Associates, exhibition design firm; Polshek Partnerships Architects, building design firm. April of 2008 was certainly an interesting time to open a museum of the news. The traditional purveyors of the news (journalists, newspapers, and nightly television) were all in the advanced stages of a crisis that threatened—and continues to threaten—their very existence. The troubled state of the institutions that have traditionally provided information to Americans hovers over the Newseum. Stephen Colbert, host of The Colbert Report, may have said it best in a video he made for the Newseum's opening (and which runs continuously in the museum). After first noting that museums are built about things that are no longer alive or important, he concludes, “Joke's on you, journalists. The construction of this museum effectively marks the end of the news.” Indeed, Colbert's comments point to a tension in the museum itself: what is the connection between professional journalism and the news?
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