Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

Director:

Andrew Rossi

Writers:

Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi

Stars:

David Carr, Sarah Ellison, Larry Ingrassia

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Ellison	...	Self
Larry Ingrassia	...	Self
David Carr	...	Self
Dennis Crowley	...	Self
Bruce Headlam	...	Self
Evan Williams	...	Self
Richard Perez-Pena	...	Self
Paul Steiger	...	Self
Clay Shirky	...	Self
Markos Moulitsas	...	Self
Brian Stelter	...	Self
Seth Mnookin	...	Self
Alex S. Jones	...	Self
Nicholas Lemann	...	Self
Ian Fisher	...	Self

Storyline

During the most tumultuous time for media in generations, filmmaker Andrew Rossi gains unprecedented access to the newsroom at The New York Times. For a year, he follows journalists on the paper's Media Desk, a department created to cover the transformation of the media industry. Through this prism, a complex view emerges of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity, especially at the Times itself.

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Plot Keywords:

new york times | journalist | tablet computer | news media | false news story | 

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Taglines:

This year, the biggest story is their own.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language including some sexual references

Did You Know?

Quotes

Man being Interviewed: Journalism is a tool

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Connections

Featured in De wereld draait door: Episode #6.173 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Make the road by walking
Written by Gabriel Roth, Leon Michels, Michael Deller, David Guy', Thomas Brenneck', and Homer Steinweiss
Performed by Menahan Street Band
Published by Defend Songs, Inc.
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.

User Reviews

An Interesting well-made film about how the NY Times is adjusting to new media environment

As a long time reader of the New York Times, I was delighted to see that Page One was showing at Austin's SXSW Film Festival. Page One is a provocative film that explores the complexities of the new media landscape in which the New York Times now finds itself trying to compete and keep its head above water. It is one of the few films that I've seen that really provides the viewer with an inside look at how a major newspaper operates. While the film tends to be pro-New York Times by the very nature of the fact that it was made with their cooperation, it still comes off as fair portrait of America's paper of record. The film focuses in on the media division and how the Times is coping with new challenges from Wikileaks, online news sources, web logs, news aggregating websites, twitter, etc. The film clearly shows why we still need the "so-called" old media to provide the investigative journalism that is hard to find elsewhere.

Newspapers – and especially the elite newspapers – remain a crucial element in our political culture in that they provide a check against abuse of power by both government and corporations. The internet new media still relies on old media for its reporting and is not equipped to replace it. Clearly new models for cooperation between new and old are needed that will allow mainstream media to continue to profitable. The NY Times is proud, magisterial, occasionally arrogant, and absolutely necessary. Like any old institution, it will survive if it continues to change and evolve for new times and technologies.

Page One is part of an on-going conversation that the United States is having about how media will evolve in the age of the Internet. It is useful film for engaging the broader public in the conversation.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 2011 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Untitled New York Times Project

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,911, 19 June 2011

Gross USA:

$1,067,028

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,077,982

Company Credits

Production Co:

Participant, History Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color