Independent Lens · SEASON 25
Breaking the News
Episode 11 · 2024-02-19

- Documentary
Episode overview
Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch The 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation. A story of an America in flux, and the voices often left out of the narrative, the documentary Breaking the News shows change doesn’t come easy.
84 minutes
Season 25 episodes
1. Sansón and Me2023-09-19
2. El Equipo2023-10-09
3. Three Chaplains2023-11-06
4. A Town Called Victoria | Episode 12024-02-20
5. A Town Called Victoria | Episode 22024-02-20
6. A Town Called Victoria | Episode 32024-02-20
7. Beyond Utopia2024-01-09
8. Racist Trees2024-01-22
9. Razing Liberty Square2024-01-29
10. Sister Úna Lived a Good Death2024-02-05
11. Breaking the News2024-02-19
12. Greener Pastures2024-03-25
13. A Thousand Pines2024-04-01
14. Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s2024-04-08
15. One With the Whale2024-04-22
16. Space: The Longest Goodbye2024-05-06
17. The Tuba Thieves2024-05-07