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Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza opens new exhibit, Covering Chaos, featuring the story of reporters who covered the Kennedy assassinationExhibit opens to public July 1, 2005Edited by Madelyn Miller
Featuring two videos specifically designed for this exhibit, Covering Chaos gives a voice to the more than three hundred reporters present in 1963.
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Reporters following President John F. Kennedy's trip to
Texas expected to cover a routine political event in Dallas on November 22,
1963. No one expected the day to lead to catastrophe when the Kennedy motorcade
passed through Dealey Plaza. The moment the shots were fired, journalists
suddenly found themselves in the vortex of an unfolding news story. The
assassination of President Kennedy was big news, breaking news-and it was the
responsibility of the reporters to cover the chaos. As the story developed, the
men and women of the media disseminated the information as it was gathered;
marking a turning point in the way Americans received their news.
Covering Chaos, a new exhibition organized by The Sixth
Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, explores the challenges faced by the reporters in
Dallas covering the Kennedy assassination. To adequately narrate the four days
of continuous news coverage (November 22 - November 25, 1963), the exhibition
makes use of historic footage, photographs, artifacts, and highlights of the
Museum's oral history collection. 
Among the journalists highlighted are Peter Jennings, Dan
Rather, Bob Schieffer, Robert MacNeil, and Jim Lehrer. Another segment of the
exhibition compares the technologies of 1963 and today, helping visitors
visualize the amazing feat that these journalists undertook with large bulky
equipment that took time to warm up and use. Several forms of media-wire,
print, radio, and television-are also examined with their finished products
featured prominently in the exhibition.
The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza chronicles the
assassination and legacy of President John F. Kennedy; preserves the Dealey
Plaza National Historic Landmark District and the John F. Kennedy Memorial
Plaza; and provides audiences with the tools to navigate contemporary culture
within the context of presidential history. For more information, please visit
