Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

About Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A secretive hedge fund is plundering America's newspapers, and the journalists are fighting back. Backed by the NewsGuild union, they go toe-to-toe with the faceless Alden Global Capital in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism across America.

Rick Goldsmith's Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink is a 2023 documentary film. It runs 89 minutes and was released in October 2023.

Its themes are journalism, democracy, corporate greed, and press.

Julie Reynolds and Chuck Plunkett lead the cast. The screenplay is by Michael Chandler and Rick Goldsmith. It streams on PBS in the United States.