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Edited on Fri Sep-05-03 04:29 PM by ElsewheresDaughter
WAR IN IRAQ See how the world reacted to the U.S. missile strikes that launched the war in Iraq in this online exhibit featuring more than 200 national and international newspaper front pages from March 20, 2003.
"COLUMBIA IS LOST": February 1, 2003 See more than 140 national and international newspaper front pages from Feb. 2, 2003, the day after the space shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas, killing all seven astronauts aboard.
ARTHUR SZYK: DRAWING ON WAR What impact did Arthur Szyk's editorial cartoons have on American public opinion during World War II and what role did they play in creating awareness of the persecution and murder of Jews during the Holocaust? TODAY'S FRONT PAGES Read today's top stories from the United States and around the world in an online version of one of the Newseum's most popular exhibits. Select from more than 100 newspapers representing each of the 50 states plus selected national and international newspapers. Front pages are updated every morning. RUNNING TOWARD DANGER: STORIES BEHIND THE BREAKING NEWS OF 9/11 What was it like for the journalists who covered the September 11 terrorist attacks? Find out with excerpts from the Newseum's latest book, including rarely seen photographs and minute-by-minute accounts from newspeople who reported the dramatic events. Special online bonus: hear actual radio and TV coverage beginning with the first breaking news reports of a plane crashing into the World Trade Center. TO PLEAD OUR OWN CAUSE: THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BLACK PRESS One hundred seventy-five years ago, John B. Russwurm and Samuel Cornish published Freedom's Journal, the first African-American newspaper, bringing a new perspective to American journalism. Though it lasted only two years, this trailblazing newspaper launched the long tradition of black newspapers in America. Take a closer look at the first volume. CHILDREN OF KOSOVO Maria Mann, Director of Photography for North America at Agence France-Presse, discusses "Children of Kosovo," a project fueled by the collaboration of several AFP photographers. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS Experience powerful, intimate and dramatic photojournalism that chronicles National Geographic's long-yet little-celebrated-tradition of women photographers. PENS & NEEDLES: THE EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF ANN TELNAES. Take a look back at events of 2000 through the work of Ann Telnaes of Tribune Media Services, this year's winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
AMERICA UNDER ATTACK: SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 See more than 120 national and international newspaper front pages from Sept. 12, 2001, the day after the terrorist attacks in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania. WAR STORIES What's it like to be a war correspondent, on the front lines and in the trenches, reporting on conflicts that affect the fates of nations, cultures and human lives? "War Stories" tells the history of war reporting, including firsthand stories told by the men and women who have gone to battle with pens and cameras. HOLOCAUST: THE UNTOLD STORY Could a more aggressive press during WWII have saved lives? This exhibit dispels the myth that the Holocaust was a secret and explores the reasons why newspapers down played the horrifying reports from Europe. CAPTURE THE MOMENT: PULITZER PRIZE WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS View the first U.S. exhibition to bring together Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs from 1941 - the first year a photograph was eligible for the award - to the present day. The Shockwave version includes accompanying narration by the actual photographers who have won journalism's most prestigious award. PENS & NEEDLES: THE EDITORIAL CARTOONS OF JOEL PETT. Take a look at the online version of the Newseum's exhibit featuring the cartoons of Joel Pett, this years winner of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartoons. PHOTOJOURNALIST OF THE MONTH Go behind the scenes of news with an in-depth look at the work of a different featured photojournalist each month.
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