THE LAST NEWSPAPERMAN examines the crisis of local journalism, its causes, and the proposals to fix it, through the personalized frame of one local newspaper reporter’s life and career. The short film introduces a veteran of local journalism, Joe Napsha, who has worked at the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for forty-five years as a general assignment reporter. The film follows Napsha at work to show viewers how local news is made and uses archival footage to reflect on the evolution of the form throughout his career, with equal focus on the past and the future. Interwoven with Napsha’s story is the filmmaker’s own struggle with unemployment and the search for stability. As the job hunt takes its toll, the film confronts fundamental questions about the meaning of work, its impact on family, and what it takes to build a sustainable life.