.
. SIMPLY
. SIMPLY PUT, NEWS MATTERS AS A VIEWER OF THIS NEWSCAST YOU MAY
BELIEVE THAT NOT EVERYONE DOES
AND A NEW FILM AIRING TOMORROW
ON ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS IS
EXAMINING WHY THAT IS.
BRIAN MALONE JOINS US .
HE IS THE FILMMAKER BEHIND NEWS
MATTERS.
BRIAN, THANKS FOR JOINING US .
LET'S TALK AND TALK ABOUT THIS
PROJECT AND HOW IT CAME TO BE.
IT WAS IN PART BECAUSE OF THE
DEATH OF SOME NEWSPAPERS.
WELL, YEAH, KIM, IT'S A BIG
STORY THAT I KNOW THAT A LOT
OF YOU HAVE BEEN AWARE OF FOR A
LONG TIME.
THE DENVER POST AS WELL AS
SEVERAL OTHER NEWSPAPERS AROUND
THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN IN BAD
SHAPE FRANKLY FINANCIALLY, YOU
KNOW, FOR MORE THAN A DECADE
AND THREE YEARS AGO THERE WAS A
BIG NATIONAL UPRISING WITH SOME
OF THE SOME OF THE JOURNALISTS
THERE THAT YOU KNOW,
THE NATIONAL ATTENTION.
SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS A YOU
KNOW, THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD
GREAT HOOK FOR A FOR A
DOCUMENTARY FILM.
YEAH.
AND WHEN WE THINK ABOUT IT
I MEAN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS,
THE DENVER POST, THE CHANGES
WE'VE SEEN MEDIA IN GENERAL HAS
CHANGED AND IT'S SHIFTED US HOW
WE GET OUR INFORMATION AND THIS
ISN'T TRUE JUST IN COLORADO.
THIS IS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HOW
PEOPLE GET INFORMATION.
EXACTLY.
YEAH.
EXACTLY. YEAH. THE TREND HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN A
DECADE AND NEWSPAPERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN WEAKENED
AND MANY HAVE FOLDED I MEAN
SINCE 2004 2000 NEWSPAPER MORE
THAN 2000 NEWSPAPERS HAVE
FOLDED OR VANISHED OFF OF THE
THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.
AND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW
IT'S NOT JUST BIG NEWSPAPERS
LIKE THE DENVER POST BUT YOU
KNOW, SMALLER NEWSPAPERS IN
RURAL COUNTIES ARE IN TOWNS
THAT IT'S BEEN THEIR ONLY
SOURCE, THEIR MOST RELIABLE
SOURCE FOR NEWS FOR DECADES,
SOMETIMES OVER A CENTURY WHEN
THOSE THINGS VANISH IT BECOMES
A VERY DANGEROUS LANDSCAPE FOR
MISINFORMATION AND
DISINFORMATION TO TAKE ITS
PLACE ESPECIALLY IN THIS
DIGITAL AGE.
YEAH, AND SO IMPORTANT THOSE
SMALL AREAS TO HAVE THAT
NEWSPAPER WE KNOW THIS PROJECT
HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A LONG
TIME FOR YOU BUT THEN WE GET A
PANDEMIC CONTENTIOUS ELECTION,
A FAILED INSURRECTION AT
THE CAPITOL.
HOW HAVE THE EVENTS OF THE PAST
YEAR IMPACTED YOUR WORK?
WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY GIVE ME
A LOT OF TIME TO TO THINK ABOUT
THIS FILM I'VE SPENT THE LAST
YEAR KIND OF PORING OVER ALL
OF THIS FOOTAGE AND EXAMINING
EVERYTHING AND TO PUT THIS FILM
TOGETHER.
IT STARTED THREE YEARS AGO
ACTUALLY.
BUT THE INTERESTING THING IS IS
THE FILM WAS DONE AND THEN
JANUARY 6TH HAPPENED
THE INSURRECTION OF THE
US CAPITOL AND SOMETHING JUST
KIND OF HIT ME IN THE FACE THAT
LIKE THESE THESE PROTESTERS
HAVE ALL ALL YOU KNOW, CHARGE
THE US CAPITOL BASED ON
DANGEROUS MISINFORMATION.
THEY GOT BAD INFORMATION AND IT
TURNED INTO A DEADLY SIEGE.
AND SO TO ME THAT'S A VERY
CLEAR ILLUSTRATION OF OF WHAT
WHY WE TRUSTED JOURNALISM IN
AMERICA AND IN EVERY COMMUNITY
IN AMERICA.
AND SO I REFRAMED THE FILM
AROUND AROUND THE SIEGE ON
JANUARY SIX.
I HAVE LOOKED AT PARTS OF IT
AND I'M GOING TO ASK YOU A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE CAN
WATCH IT.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE
I MEAN OUR ASPIRING JOURNALISTS
AND AND REALLY THOSE AROUND
THE COUNTRY SEE IT BECAUSE
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO ARE
DIGESTING THESE INFORMATION IN
THESE 10 SECOND CLIPS,
SOMETIMES 30 SECOND CLIPS AND
LOOKING AT ONLY THROUGH A
SOCIAL MEDIA VIEW.
YOU BET.
YOU BET.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN
DISTINCTION IS THAT I THINK SO I I ACTUALLY IT GETS TAUGHT A CLASS LAST WEEK AT COLORAOD
COLLEGE WITH SOME JOURNALISM
STUDENTS AND IT WAS LOUD AND
CLEAR TO ME THAT THEY WANT TO
CONSUME GOOD INFORMATION BUT
THEY WANT TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN
TERMS WITH THEIR OWN
TECHNOLOGY.
SO I THINK WHAT WE AS I GUESS
THE SENIOR BUT GENERATION
OF JOURNALISTS HAVE TO DO IS
HELP HELP THEM FIND A WAY TO
CONSUME NEWS SINCE THEY'RE
GOING TO BE THE NEXT GENERATION
OF OF DECISION MAKERS AND
POLICY MAKERS.
WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO WORK
WITHIN THEIR SENSIBILITIES TO
MAKE NEWS MORE DIGESTIBLE AND
EASIER AND MORE PALATABLE
FRANKLY.
WELL, WE MISS YOU.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A HISTORY
WAY BACK HERE AND I KNEW THIS
BUT YOU'RE DOING MUCH BIGGER
AND BETTER THINGS.
HOW CAN PEOPLE LIKE GALAXY
LONG, LONG AGO FAR, FAR AWAY.
WHERE CAN WE WATCH NEWS
MATTERS?
OK, TOMORROW NIGHT 7:00 P.M. ON
ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS THAT'S
CHANNEL SIX.
YOU STILL CLICK THE USE THE OLD
CLICKER AND THEN IT'S STREAMING
ON RACTION RTDS WEBSITE WHERE
THEY'RE STREAMING PLATFORMS.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE AN APPLE OR
ROKU OR SOMETHING AND YOU CAN
GET TO ABOUT BVSD STREAMING
SERVICE, IT'S GOING TO DO FOR
THE NEXT 30 DAYS AND THEN IT
MAKES ITS KIND OF NATIONAL TOUR
AROUND PBS STATIONS.
BUT THE BIG NEWS IS IS THAT
HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE IN COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND LIBRARIES
STARTING THIS FALL.
THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.
BRIAN, THANK YOU AND NICE TO
SEE