The site now features a list of the top 100 news stories of the century, an exhibit showcasing the race to the moon and coverage of the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. Navigation of the site is easy and visually slick. The site includes a link to the Newseum's photo exhibits at their NYC branch as well as online lesson plans for journalism educators. I had the fine pleasure of visiting the Newseum last summer on a trip to D.C. and must recommend this site and the museum itself for lovers of the free press, broadcasting and all things newsy. Paul Revere's glasses, Charles Dickens' pen, Mark Twain's pipe and the color studio cameras used by CBS for more than two decades for Walter Cronkite's news broadcast can be seen in the exhibits.
Visitors can play broadcaster, cameraman or reporter and produce an actual newscast in the studio.
Seeing Edward R. Murrow's microphone from the 1940 London blitz may not seem like much to some people, but then, we all worship at our own altars. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.