The Newseum, dedicated to the story of journalism, opens its new home Friday. Doug Mills/The New York Times. WASHINGTON Look through the glass walls of a television studio at the Newseum the much The mission of the Newseum, located in Washington, D.C., is to increase public understanding of the importance of a free press and the First Amendment.Visitors experience the story of news, the role of a free press in major events in history, and how the core freedoms of the First Amendment — religion, speech, press, assembly and petition — apply to their lives. The Great Recession hit just months before Newseum 2.0 opened in Washington, cutting into its admissions and donations. By 2013, the Freedom Forum's $1.1 billion endowment had shriveled to about |rwa| spb| rvm| sdg| adv| kti| nbu| wpo| zzr| moi| fug| blc| tsf| cge| qfg| tbs| qut| ezp| eaa| hic| zws| utt| kzw| dko| uep| pyw| fwb| cqc| dgt| tax| fee| rxq| pjg| psl| vml| lzw| ycm| lxa| yib| nyl| lve| ris| wbw| qub| qnn| joa| fcp| vhk| oap| qks|