Don't Stop the Presses

 Ben Roberts is about to break the biggest newspaper story of his career when he gets laid off from the San Diego Sun. A San Diego City Councilwoman — who wants to be mayor — is being bribed to vote for a $4 billion downtown pro football stadium. But his story won’t see the light of day now that he’s yesterday’s news. 

He has only one desperate option. Take over the newsroom and hold editors hostage. His sole demand is that he publishes the Sunday paper with his story anchoring the front page.

In this comic farce about the death of newspapers, one reporter dares to make his own headline — and hopefully not his obituary as cops surround the building. Once inside, he’s inspired to take his action even further and begins trading editors for other bitter, laid-off reporters who have had stories killed. With this tiny rebel newsroom, he now dreams of creating the Sun’s greatest newspaper edition ever.

But one big question lingers. Who is behind the bribe? The football team? Downtown developers? The shocking twist caps his story. All Roberts has to do is somehow get out alive, which won’t be easy given who’s about to be exposed in his last byline.