Early deadline, so I'm cruising the Web.
www.newseum.org
I've just been checking out the virtual tour of the new Newseum. Oh, I'm drooling all over the keyboard. If I make it to a D.C. paper in the next few years, or whenever, I think I'll be a Newseum volunteer.
It was cool enough to walk by the building in July and see the entire text of the First Amendment carved into granite, facing Pennsylvania Avenue. I can't wait to get on the first floor and see Pulitzer Prize photos, or the second-floor Ethics Center. Just reading about the fourth-floor 9/11 gallery gave me chills. And then there's the two-level shopping area, with all sorts of newsy stuff.
I can read an analysis of newspaper front pages, and find this little gem: "Florida Today, of Melbourne, echoes financial hysterics with 'Credit worries sink Dow' and is one paper guaranteed to mention that the 'Shuttle arrives at space station today.' " (The founder of Florida Today and USA Today is also the founder of the Freedom Forum, which is part of Newseum. But I'm not that guy.)
I can see front pages from all aroudn the world. I know how to get to Newseum from every airport and which Metro lines to take. But I can't find when the @#$%*^& place opens!
That's why it's good to have a friend in The District who is as eager to visit Newseum as I. He can read the City Paper and let me know.
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