S29 E4: "We Are the Newsroom" | Capital Gazette

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True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Part 4: The Capital Gazette is swept up in the troubles of the newspaper industry. Its corporate owners are making painful cuts, and a hedge fund with an ominous reputation seeks control. Staff members, who survived the 2018 shooting and kept the Capital going, wonder if the paper can last.

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0:00.0	In 2015 the small town of Oxford, Michigan joined the long list of American cities
0:06.0	that have fallen victim to school shootings, but then something happened that had never been done before.
0:11.0	The prosecutors charged the shooter's parents.
0:14.6	So he calls 911.
0:16.1	He's worried his son is the gunman.
0:17.8	I'm Kathleen Goldar.
0:19.1	This week on Crime Story, I speak with Jessica Lauter
0:21.9	about her podcast,
0:23.1	Sins of the Child.
0:24.5	Crime Story, available now on CBC Listen
0:27.4	or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.8	This is a CBC podcast.
0:33.0	Hey, I'm Kelly McEvers from NPR's Embedded,
0:37.0	and we are bringing you our series, Capital Gazette, on uncover.
0:41.0	If you haven't heard the first three episodes of our Capital Gazette series, you might want to go back.
0:48.0	The series goes in order.
0:51.0	Okay, so we're going to start this episode in 2020, our old friend. It's about six months into the
0:58.0	pandemic. The Capital Gazette staff of course is working remotely.
1:02.8	All right, welcome everybody.
1:04.3	I'm having a little problem with my camera, so.
1:07.0	The boss, Rick Hudson, starts the weekly meeting.
1:10.5	Says won't start the video, it would start the camera.
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