May 2025 marks my 45th year as a journalist.
But 44 of those years have been spent as a reporter, anchor, and news show host on television and radio, so when the West Central Initiative announced they were hosting a series of regional community events about local journalism last month, I couldn’t wait to go.
The centerpiece of the events was a 2024 film called “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink.” It tells the story of hedge fund Alden Global Capital and how they’ve been buying up newspapers all over the country and gutting them, and the journalists who are fighting back.
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STRIPPED FOR PARTS 