The Capitol Building in Washington DC generates headlines everyday and is packed with reporters from around the world.
Just a short distance from the Capitol is a museum dedicated to journalism, "The Newseum".
Exhibits celebrate the freedom of the press and chronicle the history of reporting the news from the invention of the printing press to radio, TV and digital.
Some of the biggest news events in history are also remembered with artifacts including sections of the Berlin Wall and wreckage from the World Trade Centre.
But despite being popular with visitors, The Newseum has struggled financially for years and is now closing after having to sell its building.
Sonya Gavankar is the Director of Public Relations at The Newseum.
"We need to leave this building, it's too expensive for us to continue doing this work long-term. There are great opportunities in terms of how we can continue to educate but outside of brick and mortar institutions," she said.
Artifacts loaned to The Newseum will be returned to their owners and those owned by it will be put into storage.
"The hope is that The Newseum will exist in the future in some form but we don't know what that is. We want to be thoughtful. This story can be told in a much more dynamic way, we just don't know what that is just yet," Ms Gavankar said.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited The Newseum in March while he was in Washington, as did his predecessor Enda Kenny.
There is also another Irish link. The Newseum honours reporters who have died in the field, including Irish journalist Veronica Guerin.
"We get to memorialise journalists like Veronica Guerin who gave her life telling important stories. We honour her by putting her name on our journalist memorial and also we have her pen on display."
"It's a wonderful symbol to say the pen is mightier than the sword," Ms Gavankar said.
In the era of Donald Trump, attacks on the media and so-called "fake news", there is a sense of sadness among many of the visitors at The Newseum that an institution dedicated to the freedom of the press is closing.
One woman said she was completely devastated by the closure.
"We're living in a time when there's very strong anti-media sentiment. I feel like this museum is completely necessary and it's closing at the worst possible time," she said.
But those who run The Newseum say that while the building may be closing, celebrating the freedom of the press will continue, as will the work of journalism.
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