American Journalism on the Brink
Tag: screening
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Ojai Valley News — OPINION | Independent newspapers — latest endangered species?
David Berger’s handsomely reincarnated Ojai Playhouse was ground zero for the Jan. 18 sold-out kickoff fundraising event of the Ojai Valley News Foundation, led by its executive director, Laura Rearwin Ward, whose mission is to protect and foster the health of independent newspapers in Ventura County and throughout California.
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Ojai Valley News — California journalists buck trend and revitalize local journalism
The Ojai Valley News Foundation hosted a screening of “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” on Jan. 18 at the Ojai Playhouse, but judging from the energy of the audience, and from California newspaper leaders who spoke after the film, journalism is anything but on the brink.
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Ojai Valley News — ‘Stripped for Parts’ film exposes corporate threat to local news
Jan. 18 fundraiser screening at Ojai Playhouse to benefit Ojai Valley News Foundation. The day is special for me because it is also the first gathering of members of the California Independent News Alliance — a new group dedicated to promoting small independent news outlets throughout the state.
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48hills — Screen Grabs: Stripped for Part Review
Rick Goldsmith’s Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink offers a sobering overview of how “vulture capitalism” has reduced US news media—which had already been embattled by the internet and other factors for years—to a rapidly-shrinking, monopolistic shell of itself.
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COUNTERPUNCH — American Journalism on the Brink
In the Bill of Rights, there is only one private industry singled out for protection by the federal government: The press. Yet, despite being enshrined in the First Amendment and being “a vibrant part of American life since the beginning of the republic,” in the 21st century “2,000 newspapers have disappeared, along with 60% of working…
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The Oaklandside — This week in Oakland: ‘Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink’ screening and Q&A
Next Tuesday, journalist and filmmaker Steve Talbot will moderate a post-screening conversation about the state of local news and how the lack of coverage of local news affects communities nationwide. The Q&A will include two-time Academy Award-nominated director Rick Goldsmith, local journalist Madeleine Bair from El Tímpano, and local investigative reporter Thomas Peele from EdSource.
STRIPPED FOR PARTS 