Richland College to host “Stop the Presses,” a documentary screening on Monday
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WHAT: “Stop the Presses: The American Newspaper in Peril,” documentary film screening followed by Q&A with filmmakers
WHO: Filmmakers, Mark Birnbaum and Manny Mendoza
WHEN: 2-4 p.m., April 28
WHERE: Sabine Hall - Room S-103
HOSTED BY: Richland College Broadcasting Club and KDUX Web Radio
WEBSITE: www.stopthepressesdoc.com
DALLAS - What will become of the American newspaper? The ready availability of news around the clock, particularly on the Internet, is combining with Wall Street’s demand for growing profits to threaten this important American institution. What’s at stake is the role of the journalism in a free society? Many American newspapers have seen advertising revenues plummet, printing costs rise, readership decline and shareholders increasingly unsatisfied with their financial returns. Newspaper management reacted with cuts: involuntary layoffs and voluntary buyouts. Papers are not only deciding how large a staff they can now afford but also how to deploy it in a shifting world of 24-hour cable news, Web sites aimed at every niche and TV-enabled telephones.
Journalist, Manny Mendoza has 30 years experience with newspapers across the country, including 14 years experience as an arts and entertainment critic with The Dallas Morning News. He currently works as a television columnist with ReZoom.com and is co-producing and promoting the documentary film “Stop the Presses.”
Filmmaker, Mark Birnbaum has created documentaries that have probed, celebrated and exposed people to places and personalities all over the globe. His films cover topics ranging from politics and religion to sailboat racing and salsa dancing. Birnbaum has received numerous gold medal film festival awards and is the recipient of the prestigious George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award.
For additional information, please contact Meg Fullwood at 972-761-6859 (Mon/Wed) or by e-mail at mfullwood@dcccd.edu.
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