Wed, Jan 4: Citizen McCaw Screening

In 2008 AWC-SB honored five former Santa Barbara News-Press journalists. Do you remember the courage these women possessed over ten years ago to stand up for what they believed? AWC-SB will revisit this important time in journalism history at a movie night featuring Citizen McCaw on Wednesday, January 4, 5:30 pm.

Wednesday, January 4, 5 pm
TV Santa Barbara
329 S Salinas St,
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
AWC-SB Members Free; Nonmembers $20

Citizen McCaw chronicles events starting in July 2006, when editor Jerry Roberts and five of his colleagues left the News-Press, citing owner Wendy McCaw’s abandonment of journalistic ethics, which McCaw denied. McCaw and dozens of her former staffers engaged in a fierce clash of wills that raised important national questions of freedom of the press and media ownership.

SFGATE said about Citizen McCaw, โ€œNo screenwriter could conceive a more perfect setup for a horror story.โ€

Come early to network, drink wine and tour the TV Santa Barbara studios. TVSBโ€™s nonprofit media arts center is the place for people to create media and connect with other local media makers.

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