"The concept designs are for D.C.’s first public memorial to celebrate press freedom and honor the journalists who have been slain while doing their jobs."

"At first glance, the design renderings of a new memorial planned for the National Mall appear to show hundreds of large, rectangular glass prisms arranged almost at random.

A closer look, however, reveals the truth.

A bird’s-eye view shows that the glass prisms, 300 in all, coalesce from the outside in to form a 9-foot-tall cylindrical space — creating the epicenter of what will be D.C.’s first public memorial to celebrate press freedom and honor the journalists who have been slain while doing their jobs. The concept designs, released Monday by the foundation backing the project, come as part of a lengthy but necessary regulatory process before the anticipated completion of the Fallen Journalists Memorial in 2028."

Michael Brice-Saddler reports for the Washington Post September 16, 2024. [2]