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FOX anchor Shepard Smith recalls Katrina at Newseum, preview

By April MacIntyre Aug 27, 2010, 17:35 GMT

29 August 2005 and provided by US Coast Guard shows flooded roadways as the Coast Guard conducts initial Hurricane Katrina damage assessment overflights in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. EPA/PETTY OFFICER KYLE NIEMI/US COAST GUARD/HO

The five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is this week.

Washington D.C. based Newseum launched their new exhibit, Mediaite.com notes, and Fox News anchor Shepard Smith was the TV news representative on a panel yesterday about Hurricane Katrina, from the Newseum in Washington D.C.

Shep, who produced some of the most memorable and emotional reporting from the region five years ago, is no less emotional five years later.

“Every level failed and everybody lied to us,” he said.”For the past few years, visitors to the Newseum have filled out surveys suggesting that Hurricane Katrina is the news event they would most like to see featured in an exhibit at the interactive museum for journalism.

The Newseum in Washington D.C., marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a "Covering Katrina" exhibit, opening Friday August 27, 2010.

The exhibit tells the story of the news coverage of Hurricane Katrina and is aftermath. Newseum exhibit reviews the media's reporting of Hurricane Katrina gallery The exhibit will run through Sept. 5, 2011.

The exhibit focuses on The Times-Picayune and Sun Herald of Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss. which together shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their coverage of the disaster.

In addition to personal recollections there are artifacts from the disaster.

The Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., Washington, D.C., Early News Gallery, Level 6. Exhibit is today through Sept. 5, 2011. The museum is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Cost: Admission is $19.95 for adults (19 to 64); $17.95 for seniors (65 and older), military and students with valid ID; $12.95 for youth (7 to 18); free for children 6 and under. Admission is good for two days.

The exhibit includes audio phones where visitors can listen to the first-hand accounts of Katrina news coverage from journalists including Jim Amoss, editor of The Times Picayune; Stan Tiner, editor of the Sun Herald; and network TV news correspondents Brian Williams of NBC, Soledad O'Brien of CNN, Robin Roberts of ABC and Shepard Smith of Fox.