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A story of the fight to protect the press and free speech from censorship in America. STRIPPED FOR PARTS – Oct. 13 at 10 pm


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STRIPPED FOR PARTS

AMERICAN JOURNALISM ON THE BRINK

Monday, October 13 at 10:00 pm

Journalist and activists protest outside the headquarters of hedge fund Alden Global Capital in 2018.
Journalist and activists protest outside the headquarters of hedge fund Alden Global Capital in 2018. (Courtesy of Rick Goldsmith/Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink)

This documentary offers a clear-eyed look at the current state of journalism in the United States with a focus on the insidious threat from a faceless hedge fund that has put America’s free press at risk. Alden Global Capital operates in the shadows and has managed to upend countless local newsrooms across the last decade. But their profit-at-all-costs efforts are not going un-checked.

Journalist Julie Reynolds investigates. Her findings trigger rebellions across the country by journalists working at Alden-owned newspapers. Backed by the NewsGuild union, the newsmen and women go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America.

Journalist Julie Reynolds pictured looking at her laptop.
Journalist Julie Reynolds began investigating the secretive practices of hedge fund Alden Global Capital as it bought up local news outlets across the country and slashed their budgets. (Courtesy of Rick Goldsmith/Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink)

STRIPPED FOR PARTS: AMERICAN JOURNALISM ON THE BRINK tells the story of their fight to protect the press and free speech from censorship in America.

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