I see by the snailpapers that a new documentary will explore the snailpaper's industry's decline (and the film-makers are seeking more seed more to continue; go go go!)

Newspaper Death Watch's Paul Gillin notes on his Facebook page :

''Adam Chadwick and Bill Loerch are two filmmakers who are trying to chronicle the decline of the US newspaper industry for a documentary film called Fit to Print. Adam is a laid-off New York Times copyeditor and Bill has spent most of his adult life making films. We spent several hours with them on Saturday and came away very impressed with their knowledge and ambition. What they mainly need now is money. Here’s a video interview that tells a little bit about their venture. ''

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=348292035922&ref=mf


http://www.newspaperdeathwatch.com/

question and answer time:

1. The documentary is called FIT TO PRINT, which is of course a nod to the NYTimes slogan of "All the News That's Fit to Print", on its masthead for long time. What does the title of your film mean to you?
2. And what do you hope it will mean to your audiences -- and
3. What do you hope the title will mean to reporters and editors writing about the film once its complete and screening around the world, in terms of how they read the headlines for the story about the movie and how they use the title in the reporting they do itself?
4. How are you going about raising funds now? How much do you have already, percentage wise? How much more do you need?
5. Can you use the credit card route and use the credit cards to get the film made and then hope for profits later to repay the credit bills?
6. Who are you trying to reach with this film? which audience? Newspaper execs? Newspaper readers?
Newspaper editors? Newspaper reporters? Matt Drudge? Bill Gates? Internet news sites editors and their online readers?
7. Where do you plan to show the movie when completed? HBO? Disocvery Channel? History Channel?
Sundance? Festivals? the Newseum in DC? Where?
8. How long will the movie be? 60 minutes? 30 minutes?
9. Who will you be interviewing for the movie's talking heads? Big name editors? Big name reporters?
tom Friedman? Howard Weaver? Kent Sturgis? Alex Beam? Neil Steinberg? Frank Rich? Ben Bradlee? Bill Keller? Maureen Dowd? Paul Saffo? Kevin Kelly? Edward Tenner? Bill Powers? Nick Carr? david Pogue? Nicholson Baker? Nick Bilton? Vindu Goel? Kara Swisher? Peter Kafka? Who?
10. How do you both feel personally about the fuuture of the print newspaper biz? Optimistic? Pessimistic?
do you think and hope the movie will help save or preserve print newspapers or merely document their decline and disappearance from the American (and worldwide) scene?