Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) has published an article written by Stripped for Parts director Rick Goldsmith, detailing Alden Global Capital’s plundering of what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back.
The full article is available to read on their website.
“What to Do About Hedge Funds in Journalism?” is a panel discussion and documentary film fundraiser that addresses the question: What can we do when billionaires with no background nor interest in a civic mission, who are only concerned with profiteering, take over our most influential news organizations?
That question is at the center of Rick Goldsmith’s film-in-progress, Stripped for Parts: American Journalism at the Crossroads, the story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back.
The panelists for our discussion include Stripped for Parts‘ director Rick Goldsmith, a two-time Academy-Award-nominated filmmaker; two journalists, Julie Reynolds and Chuck Plunkett, who play outsized roles in our story; and Robert McChesney, the founder of the media reform organization Free Press. The panel will be moderated by Dan Brekke, KQED (SF) News reporter and editor.
Click here to donate to Rick Goldsmith’s film-in-progress, Stripped for Parts: American Journalism at the Crossroads.
We invite you to join us on April 14, 2022 for what promises to be an important and compelling discussion about local journalism in peril, and to contribute what you can to help bring this film to completion. The video of the event will be viewable after April 14.
This event is co-sponsored by RootsAction Education Fund.
On March 22 director Rick Goldsmith was on Instagram Live with Alec Baldwin to discuss his film-in-progress, Stripped for Parts: American Journalism at the Crossroads. It is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers and the journalists who are fighting back. Watch their full conversation here:
Rick Goldsmith visitied Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR, Thursday, October 24, 2013. His presentations to two journalism classes sparked lively conversations among the inquisitive and opinionated students and their guest presenter. Goldsmith’s film The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers was then screened at 6:30pm, followed by a Goldsmith presentation and another spirited Q&A session following on: “National Security vs. the People’s Right to Know: From the Pentagon Papers to Wikileaks“
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