Journalism Movie Event Sunday

The League of Women Voters of South Central Texas will host a free screening of the acclaimed documentary “For the Record” on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 3 p.m. at the Lyric Theater (120 E. South Main Street, Flatonia). The event includes a post-screening panel discussion with local newspaper editors and publishers about the future of community journalism. “For the Record” offers an intimate 35-minute look inside The Canadian Record, a century-old newspaper serving Canadian, a Texas panhandle town about the size of Schulenburg. The documentary chronicles how this family-owned, small-town publication confronted growing economic challenges and a rapidly changing media environment before ultimately deciding to cease printing.