Preserve & Invest in Local Journalism

Join Embarcadero Media Foundation, parent of the Pleasanton Weekly, and Three Valley Community Foundation for a screening of “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink,” an award-winning documentary. The screening will be followed by a conversation about the future of journalism with filmmaker and director Rick Goldsmith; State Senator Steve Glazer, who has introduced a bill to help support local journalism; local journalist and former Tri-Valley Herald Publisher Tim Hunt; and Embarcadero Media East Bay President & Publisher Gina Channell Wilcox. Local journalism throughout America is facing a financial crisis due to the collapse of its ad-supported business model. And while local newspapers seek grassroots public support to survive, a sinister and cynical force on Wall Street has quietly seized on the opportunity to buy up news organizations across the country, decimate their staffs, destroy their independence and deprive local readers of a critical tool supporting democracy. The East Bay Times, San Jose Mercury News and many California newspapers are among the approximately 200 newspapers nationwide now owned by Alden Global Capital, a New York-based hedge fund and a major subject of the film. “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” exposes the battle between hedge funds and local community leaders for control over their local news and the future of journalism.