Page One: Inside the New York Times

Page One: Inside The New York Times

When an audience applauds at the end of the film you know you have seen something worthwhile.
This is a difficult time for newspapers around the world. Many have folded. How can journalism sustain itself? That is the question asked in relation to the New York Times. This documentary was interesting and most educational.
Many of the reporters on staff at the newspaper are interviewed and we go right inside the massive building of the New York Times.
A collapse of advertising has been blamed as part of the problem. Obviously the internet and web sites allows readers to access news. The iPad has been the ruin of many a newspaper. The New York Times now charges readers for internet news service.
I am fascinated with the topic of WikiLeaks. Julian Assange is interviewed and the reader is left to decide if he is a villain or a martyr. Other news services are discussed. Arriana Huffington of the Huffington Press is interviewed. Professors of Media Studies are also interviewed.
Media journalist, David Carr, of the New York Times is one of the leading reporters in the film He was a former drug addict who now spends all his time in the news world.
Andrew Rossi was the director of the film. He worked for over a year filming inside the New York Times.
It was great to see the inside workings of this successful paper. It also helped me to understand the problems.