A year after Capital Gazette shooting, new foundation aims to build memorial to fallen journalists
A year after Capital Gazette shooting, new foundation aims to build memorial to fallen journalists in D.C.
Tribune Publishing Chairman David Dreier announced Sunday the creation of a foundation that plans to build a memorial to fallen journalists in Washington, D.C.
The announcement comes the week of the anniversary of one of the deadliest attacks on journalists in U.S. history. Last June 28, a gunman entered the
Capital Gazette newsroom in Annapolis, killing Gerald Fischman, Rob Hiaasen, John McNamara, Rebecca Smith and Wendi Winters. Tribune owns Baltimore Sun Media, the Capitals parent company.
Dreier, who wrote a column that was published Sunday in the
Capital,
The Baltimore Sun and other Tribune news sites and papers, said Sen. Ben Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, will be among those who will introduce legislation this week to establish the Fallen Journalists Memorial, which will pay tribute to the journalists who have sacrificed their lives in the name of a free press.
The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation, Dreier wrote, will build support and plan for the design, construction, operation, maintenance and preservation of the memorial.
This is a call to action. We must honor the memories of the journalists who have perished so that they can serve as a reminder of the essential value of journalism to our democracy.
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