Photo by CRISTINA FERNANDEZ-PEREDA.
One of the Newseum’s walkways commemorates the nation’s “freedom of the press.”

The Newseum opened its doors yesterday to the news media. Reporters, producers, executives and students toured the 250,000-square-foot facility. The American Observer covered the day’s events. Click the links for a preview.

Newseum receives global reaction
By CRISTINA FERNANDEZ-PEREDA

A newspaper page? A television set? An old camera?
By CRISTINA FERNANDEZ-PEREDA

Newseum is the ‘Talk of the Nation’
By ELIZABETH ANDERSON

Newseum opens its doors to the press
By FEDERICA VALABREGA

A museum for news in the declining media landscape
By CRISTINA FERNANDEZ-PEREDA