Beverly Hacker

"KDHX-TV" stiffs St. Louis IMC on a joint 'Media Training' project, scuttles the plans and breaks the deal, then 'shoots the messenger'... and the Board stuffs a protest and wreaks revenge.

A case study in local mediapolitix -- how collaborations crashed and burned, in a tailspin of events since Spring '07. This is the first public release of the paper-trail, an index of defining documents to date, just to put the facts on the table, and spur public debate.

To follow, Part II: The Story, with reflections on meanings for the media community.