Killed reporters' memorial opens

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Surprised no-one's mentioned this

I think while most of us were aware of it's presence, it was officially 'turned on' last night by the UN Secretary General. It will light every night at 10pm for the duration of the 10 o'Clock News.

Why they chose one of the lightest nights of the year to turn it on, I don't know, as the supposed beam of light that should emerge from the sculpture wasn't visible.

Do we think that this will feature in the titles of the 10 when News moves to BH?

That's actual quite nice as memorials go. Did that Diana paddling pool ever re-open?

I think it would be nice for the BBC now to either intergrate into the titles on The BBC News at Ten, or for the BBC News Channel to cut to a live shot of it for the countdown to the Ten, therefore it lights up just as the programme is to begin.

It's nice, obviously on darker nights it will be more noticable. It's also nice to see the BBC remembering past journalist's who have died.

It reminds me a bit of AlJazeera's 'Freedom Wall' which has been at their Doha headquaters since 2006 when AJE launched. The memorial is a recognition of the dangerous work that many journalists are required to do as part of their profession.


Here's a picture of it

this is a brilliant idea - would be even better if itn woudl do the same - i see why not.

It's a memorial, not a theme park attraction. To incorporate such a symbol into a musical ensemble would be pornographic.

I'm slightly disappointed that it's a memorial to *journalists* - what about camera operators and OB engineers?

If you'd read the article, you'd see it is:

Serves me right for believing the aston to be an accurate summary of the story!

What, you think news staff is just journalists?

Yes musical porn is distracting.

I know I shouldn't feed the troll, but no, I has assumed that "JOURNALISTS MEMORIAL" was what the memorial was called.