"Former Washington Post reporter, editor and columnist Dorothy Butler Gilliam talks about her new book, “Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist’s Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America.The memoir chronicles her 50-year career as a journalist at the forefront of the fight for social justice and offers a comprehensive view of racial relations and the media in the U.S."
"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 Newseum is conveniently located between the U.S. Capitol and the White House on historic Pennsylvania Ave. We’re just one block from the National Mall and, since we open an hour earlier than the Smithsonian museums, the Newseum is a great place to begin your day in Washington, D.C."