American Journalism on the Brink
Category: Press Coverage
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KVNF — FEATURE: “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink”
Listen to Director Rick Goldsmith on KVNF’s Regional Newscast here, starting at 5:16.
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KGNU— Learn about newsrooms being “Stripped for Parts”
On today’s Morning Magazine, there’s a new documentary coming to Denver called Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink, that looks at how hedge funds are buying up local newspapers around and what that means for communities across the country. Listen here!
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Echo Press — It’s Lisa’s Turn: A free press is enshrined in the Constitution
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
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Echo Press — Despite challenges — perhaps because of them — local journalism is vital
A series of regional events sparked conversation on the need for local journalists.
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Ashland.news — Journalism rises from the carcass of vulture capitalism
Oregon news leaders discuss condition of journalism, what’s next
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The Media and Democracy Project Blog — Wow! More than 500 people watched a film about local journalism with us!
On March 29, 2025, 550+ people from across the country joined the Media and Democracy Project on a Saturday night for a community screening of a powerful documentary focused on the state and importance of local journalism, our democracy, and ways to mobilize in support of both.
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Jefferson Public Radio: The Jefferson Exchange — What happens when local media disappears?
On today’s Exchange we’re reminded of Joni Mitchell’s song from 2002, “Big Yellow Taxi.” The lyrics in the refrain are “Don’t it always seem to go … that you don’t what you’ve got till it’s gone … they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.”
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Patch — How Hedge Funds Destroyed Local News: Pottstown Hosts Special Film Screening
A new documentary investigates how Alden Global stripped local and national newspapers – in Montco and all around the country – for parts.
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Illinois Public Media — Who is really killing local news: Oscar-nominated filmmaker takes in-depth look into decline of newspapers
Rick Goldsmith spoke with host Brian Mackey on his latest tour with Stripped for Parts where he visited classrooms and screened the film in IL, IN and PA. He joined Illinois Public Media while at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign to discuss the causes of the crisis in local journalism.
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The Daily Californian —Documentarian Rick Goldsmith talks art, activism and American journalism
Though he is now an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker, Rick Goldsmith was once an architecture student at the Rhode Island School of Design, or RISD. “Architecture drew me in because it tapped into my need to build, to create, to envision and to put my mark on the world,” Goldsmith explained in an interview with The…
STRIPPED FOR PARTS 