WASHINGTON 鈥� The 小萝莉影视eum will look very different Monday as part of an annual campaign called “Without 小萝莉影视.”
“It’s a day when we black out the front pages of the newspapers that we display here at the 小萝莉影视eum, and also on our Today’s Front Pages website,” the museum’s Sonya Gavankar told 小萝莉影视.
She said the idea is to reflect on what the world would be like without the people who bring us the news.
“It’s an important time for us to really talk about the crisis of journalists in peril, and also the attacks on freedom of the press, not only in this country, but also around the world,” says Gavankar.
Supporters are asked to use #Without小萝莉影视 on social media, and 聽from the 小萝莉影视eum website.
Also Monday, at 10 a.m., the 小萝莉影视eum will rededicate its Journalists Memorial, adding the names of 14 members of the media who died on the job in 2016.
The ceremony is free and open to the public , or you can watch it live online.
The event will be held on the anniversary of the death of NPR photojournalist David Gilkey, who was killed by the Taliban while covering the war in Afghanistan.
Several items belonging to Gilkey will go on display at the museum, including a camera lens that was hit by a rubber bullet as Gilkey documented clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank.
