Best of: Oscar-nominated filmmaker on the decline of newspapers
Left to right: Rick Goldsmith in the studios of Illinois Public Media on March 31, 2025; journalists and supporters demonstrate outside Alden Global Capital's main office in 2018. Goldsmith: Christine Hatfield/IPM • Protesters: Courtesy of Rick Goldsmith/Stripped for Parts
Rick Goldsmith is an Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. His newest film, "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," examines how hedge funds and private equity firms are hollowing out America's newspapers. He stopped by our studios to talk about the film and the struggles of American journalism.
"Stripped for Parts" is now streaming for free on the PBS website and the PBS app.
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Rick Goldsmith
“Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink”
“The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers" (Oscar nominee)
A version of this interview was originally broadcast April 1, 2025.
