For the past five years, I have photographed with unrestricted access the newsroom and printing plant of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Through a depiction of The Inquirer’s efforts to prevail despite depleted ad revenue, a steady decline in circulation, lay-offs, buy-outs, and bankruptcy, my intent is to reveal the challenges and harsh realities that face the newspaper industry today. As we find ourselves amidst a massive societal transition into an information technology economy, what has been the human cost of these gains? Without the human investment to provide news content it becomes a zero sum game on the information highway to nowhere. The newspaper is much more than a business, it is a civic trust. Will Steacy