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10/30/07
AP Press Release
The Associated Press recounts its own
history and 'The News From Vietnam' in exhibit at Rutgers
in Newark
The Associated Press, the world’s largest news organization,
will present an exhibit at Rutgers University in Newark that
recounts the agency’s 161-year history and includes
gripping Vietnam War images that earned Pulitzer Prizes for
three of its photographers.
The exhibit will be on view in Rutgers’ John Cotton
Dana Library, at 185 University Ave. in Newark, from Nov.
7 to 19. Hours are Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to midnight;
Friday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and
Sunday, noon to 8 p.m.
The AP’s story is told through text and images drawn
from the agency’s archives and its recently published
history, Breaking News: How the Associated Press Has Covered
War, Peace, and Everything Else (Princeton Architectural
Press).
In a section on AP’s coverage of the civil rights movement,
for example, Rosa Parks is seen being fingerprinted in 1956
after she refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery,
Ala., and demonstrators in Birmingham, Ala., are shown being
knocked over by the force of hoses aimed at them by city firefighters
seven years later.
Other panels in the exhibit focus on AP’s intrepid foreign
correspondents, memorable moments in sports and aviation,
the White House beat and famous courtroom dramas, including
the Leopold and Loeb murder case in 1924 and O.J. Simpson’s
not-guilty verdict in 1995.
In “The News from Vietnam,” display cases will
feature the Vietnam War images of AP photographers Horst Faas,
a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1965; Eddie Adams, whose Pulitzer
was awarded in 1969, and Nick Ut, a 1973 honoree. Pencil-edited
news copy filed by Faas during the war will also be also on
view.
"This exhibit contains important material from the archives
of the Associated Press, a major source of international news
during the Vietnam War that today provides an even greater
portion of American news organizations' coverage of the world,”
said Robert W. Snyder, associate professor of journalism at
Rutgers. “The pictures on display, which include compelling
photographs from the Vietnam War, are a testimony to the importance
of photojournalism that bears witness to the actions of our
armed forces. These photos also raise important questions
about the role of the press in wartime in a democracy and
the differences between coverage of the war in Vietnam and
the war in Iraq today."
For further information:
At the Associated Press: Jack Stokes, 212.621.1730
At Rutgers: 973.353.5222 or 973.353.5161
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