RiverRun is proud to present this free screening, sponsored by Wells Fargo, of Storm Lake. The screening will be preceded by a panel discussion with special guests in the newspaper industry. Be sure to bring your chairs for this one time only outdoor free screening. This screening will take place outside at the parking lot of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton.
Storm Lake, Iowa, has seen its fair share of changes in the 40 years since Big Agriculture came to town. Farmers blow their life savings on new equipment they hope will keep their livelihoods intact while migrant workers flock here, welcome and not, to achieve the American Dream. Corporate, political, and environmental forces—and even a global pandemic—threaten to overwhelm the already precarious existence of the people in Storm Lake. Nearly 2,000 local papers have shuttered in the last 20 years, a crisis accelerated by COVID-19. The stakes have been especially high for the Cullen family; they comprise half of The Times’ 10-person team. Against tight deadlines and slimmer margins, the Cullens report on their town, and wonder how the paper will survive as readers cease to support journalism like they used to.
Date: 10/21
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton Parking Lot
1001 W 4th St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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