By Tim Stuhldreher
“I love journalists,” Rick Goldsmith told his audience at the Ware Center.
Goldsmith has been making films about reporters and newspapers since the beginning of his career. Two have been nominated for Academy Awards: “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” and “Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press.”
On Wednesday, he was in Lancaster for a screening of his latest work: “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink.”
Stemming from an article Goldsmith read in 2018, it documents the predatory business practices of Alden Global Capital. It acquires local newspapers through its company Digital First Media, then profits by selling off assets and laying off staff. Alden’s leaders, Randall Smith and Heath Freeman, are multimillionaires.
STRIPPED FOR PARTS 