Muzej novinarstva

U Vašingtonu, prestonici SAD, otvoren je novi muzej posvećen istoriji novinarstva i izveštavanja. "Njuzijam" - akronim engleskih reči "njuz" i "mjuzijam" (vesti i muzej) - pokušava da ispriča priču o tome kako se novinarstvo menjalo, hvatalo korak s vremenom, pratilo važne događaje u svetu i usklađivalo ritam rada sa promenama u načinima komunikacije. Izveštaj Kerolajn Dafild:

Atmos - A Curator speaking

Museum curators say the idea's not to commemorate press barons, or individual journalists. But - to pay homage to America's First Amendment - the right to free speech and a free press. The museum examines the traditions of American journalism, including reporters who risked everything to do their job.

Murrow Clip

Visitors can listen to reports from Ed Murrow describing the London blitz as the bombs fell around him. He became a fierce defender of the press - challenging Senator McCarthy and his Un-American Activities Committee in the US.

The opening of this museum comes at an interesting moment for American journalism. The veteran CBS news anchor, Dan Rather, welcomes it - but told the BBC he believes an examination of American journalism is needed today:

DAN RATHER: We have been - American journalism - in a state of at least near crisis, partly because of the war, partly because of 9/11 - but no excuses. In some ways we lost our way and lost our spine… if you forgive the language, lost our guts. Well, it manifests itself by a reluctance, a hesitation and sometimes just outright declining to asking tough questions when speaking to powers. Particularly post 9/11 and, most especially, when the country is at war.

Dan Rather - once one of the best known faces of the evening news - was forced out from his TV network after documents used for a story criticising President Bush were called into question.

Caroline Duffield, BBC

to commemorate press barons
kako bi odali poštu uticajnim ljudima iz sveta masovnih medija

to pay homage
odati poštu, odati počast, slaviti nekoga ili nešto

examines the traditions
u detalje izučava principe i načine rada koje određena grupa (američki novinari) sledi tokom dugog niza godina

a fierce defender
žustri branilac, jasno opredeljeni zastupnik određenog stava

news anchor
voditelj vesti, spiker, osoba koja povezuje TV studio sa reporterima na terenu

lost our spine
postali slabi, "beskičmenjaci", bez karaktera i jake volje

lost our guts
izgubili hrabrost, kukavički, bez smelosti

reluctance
nespremnost, oklevanje

forced out from his TV network
nateran da napusti svoj posoa na TV stanici, prinuđen da ode sa posla u jednoj od američkih TV mreža

called into question
naknadno ispitani, posumnjano je u njihovu autentičnost