Graduate Speaker Series

Sponsored by the Klein College Department of Journalism, students, faculty and staff are invited to join us for an in-depth look and Q&A session with crucial figures in journalism during an exclusive documentary screening of Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink on Thursday, October 24, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

About the Documentary

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink, directed by Rick Goldsmith, is the story of one secretive hedge fund that is plundering newspapers nationwide and the journalists who are fighting back. Who will control the future of America's news ecosystem: Wall Street billionaires concerned only with profit, or those who see journalism as an essential public service and the lifeblood of democracy?

Watch the Stripped for Parts trailer here!

About the Panelists

Rick Goldsmith has been producing and directing documentary films for four decades, with his most acclaimed films focusing on journalism: Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press (1996) and The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009), both Academy Award nominees for Best Documentary Feature.

Vanessa Maria Graber is a community organizer, educator, and multimedia producer from Philadelphia. She is the News Voices Director at Free Press, a national media & technology advocacy organization created to give people a voice in the crucial decisions that shape our media.