Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation
The Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation (FJM Foundation) exists to construct a permanent memorial 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 "The Capital" in Annapolis, Maryland. Tribune Publishing is the parent company of "The Capital."

The FJM Foundation is housed at the National Press Club Journalism Institute, the club's non-profit educational affiliate, with Barbara Cochran serving as president of the foundation.

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" 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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