By Manny Mendoza
Staff Writer
www.stopthepressesdoc.com
The American newspaper’s vital role as public watchdog is in danger. Circulation and revenue have plunged as readers and advertisers flee to the Internet, thousands of journalists have been laid off or bought out, and stockholders have forced top news organizations out of business. Stop the Presses takes viewers inside disheartened newsrooms to document the devastation and into the community to learn what readers think of journalism’s fate. Critics have called the film “an absorbing account that should appeal to anyone concerned about the future of democracy” and “surprisingly inspiring, as it points to the inevitable reinvention of an industry in need of new life.”