Vice president of communications Marc Fest relates the state of journalism to the new Star Trek movie, Under Construction, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Knight Hall journalism building at the University of Maryland on May 21, 2008.

What do you think the current state of journalism is like?

Knight Foundation president and CEO Alberto Ibargüen spoke at the Pennsylvania Avenue opening of the Newseum, the interactive museum for all things journalism and news, deeming the occasion a ’spirit of liberty’ moment.

More: speech transcript; Newseum video blogs.