American Journalism on the Brink
Category: Press Coverage
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KillerMovieReviews – Interview with Andrea Chase
Director Rick Goldsmith had a great chat with Andrea Chase over at KillerMovieReviews.com. Rick reveals the insidious reason for the decline in print news and the dedicated journalists fighting back, in his gripping documentary Stripped For Parts, airing on PBS and streaming on PBS.org starting October 1. Listen to the full interview here!
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Searchlight New Mexico, High Beam, ISSUE #84 | 10/16/2023
By Sara Solovitch As a little kid, I’d come down to breakfast each morning to the sight of my parents absorbed in our local newspaper. As they read and discussed the latest news, I claimed the comics. A few years later, I delivered the evening paper — the Toronto Star — door to door with…
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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.
STRIPPED FOR PARTS 