Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation

The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation (FJM Foundation) exists to construct a permanent memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to honor fallen journalists. The effort was launched as an initiative of the Tribune Publishing Company by its chairman, David Dreier, at the National Press Club Journalism Institute in June 2019. That marked the first anniversary of the deadliest assault against journalists in United States history. On June 28, 2018, a gunman killed five employees in the newsroom of Tribune's Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.

Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation
AbbreviationFJM Foundation
FormationJune 26, 2019 (2019-06-26)
Founders
TypeNonprofit organization
501(c)(3)
PurposeEstablishment of a memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to commemorate journalists
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., United States
MethodDonations
Key people
  • David Dreier
  • (Chairman)
  • Barbara Cochran
  • (President)
  • Vince Randazzo
  • (Project Director)
  • Julie Moos
  • (Special Adviser)
  • Molly Levinson
  • (Communications)
  • Paul Goldberger
  • (Architecture Advisor)
  • Ethan Reznik
  • (Coordinator)
Websitewww.fallenjournalists.org

Dreier, who is a former senior member of the United States House of Representatives (1981–2013) and a longtime champion of press freedoms, has said that he looks forward to leading this multi-year effort to its completion.

The only memorial commemorating journalists located in Washington, D.C., resided at the Newseum, which closed at the end of 2019. Dreier has said that, in addition to the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette in 2018, the closing of the Newseum provided inspiration for the FJM project.

The Annenberg Foundation and the Michael and Jackie Ferro Foundation have provided initial funds for the FJM Foundation.

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