American Journalism on the Brink

The Dallas Morning News was in talks to be acquired by Hearst when Alden Global Capital tried to swoop in and win the deal

So what are we going to do about it? By Lisa Johnson 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

By Grace Galletti, Stripped for Parts Impact Coordinator Last October, the Press Democrat put on a screening of Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink as part of their Trust & Democracy speaker series co-hosted by NorCal Public Media. The screening event, according to The Press Democrat, “stressed the need to explore new methods

McChesney wrote and fought tirelessly for a more democratic news media system in America, and influenced many of the most prominent media activists today.