WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Newseum also introduced the hashtag #WithoutNews to encourage people to think “where news comes from,” and to remember reporters who risk their lives to do their job in conflict zones.
“Part of our mission is to educate people about growing threats to journalists around the world.”
Today, we're reflecting on why news is important. Consider a world #WithoutNews and get involved at http://t.co/KQEc0MrgYl
— Newseum (@Newseum) June 8, 2015
“These blacked-out front pages vividly demonstrate what it means when journalists are murdered or kidnapped — we receive no news from some regions of the world.”
As a part of the commemoration effort, the Newseum added 14 names to its memorial of media professionals killed in the line of duty in 2014.
Newseum’s front pages go dark to commemorate fallen journalists: http://t.co/vctX0GWzrX #WithoutNews pic.twitter.com/KTvjoJFrLM
— Poynter (@Poynter) June 8, 2015
Among the new names on the two-story glass memorial will be Ukrainian newspaper reporter Vyacheslav Veremiy, who was gunned down in Kiev during the Maidan protests, as well as US journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff murdered by the Islamic State in Syria.
Newseum spokesperson Jonathan Thompson told Sputnik the selected group of journalists stands for all reporters who died in 2014.
Journalists aren't perfect, but 14 gave their lives in 2014 so that we are not #WithoutNews. @Newseum https://t.co/21SSkzdfEd
— Ryan Olson (@QuesoGuapo) June 8, 2015
One-hundred-eighteen media professionals died in the line of duty in 2014, while in 2013 the death toll amounted to 105 reporters, according to the International Federation of Journalists.
