Trump Signs Bill Authorizing Memorial for Fallen Journalists

Trump Signs Bill Authorizing Memorial for Fallen Journalists
Candles representing the slain Capital Gazette journalists sit on display during a candlelight vigil held near the newspaper's office, the day after a gunman killed five people inside the building in Annapolis, Maryland. Reuters/Leah Millis
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President Donald Trump on Dec. 23 signed a bill into law authorizing a memorial dedicated for fallen journalists.

The Fallen Journalist Memorial Act (H.R. 3465), passed through Congress with bipartisan support on Dec. 2, authorizes the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation (FJM) to establish an effort to build a first-of-its-kind privately funded memorial on federal lands in Washington, D.C.—the National Memorial to Fallen Journalists—to honor journalists who died while on the job.