The numbers are impressive: 250,000sq ft, $450m of investment, 130 interactive stations, 100 new video productions, 100 miles of fibre optic communications, 15 video theatres, 14 galleries, two broadcast TV studios and much more. Welcome to the Newseum. Overlooking the Capitol, its striking building face reads: 'guaranteeing freedom of religion, freedom of speech and of the press, right of peaceable assembly and right of petition' - wise words taken from the first amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The Newseum is run by the USA Freedom Forum, a non-partisan foundation dedicated to free speech and the freedom of the press.
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