The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie

Martha discovers through her friend in the Justice Department that the businessmen were bankers who stole a large sum of money from their largest investor, a trucking company with ties to the Mafia. He blows his job offer at the Sentinel after he steals information about the case from the editor's notes while being interviewed for the job, reporting it during a Sun staff meeting. Henry becomes obsessed with the case, getting others from the Sun staff to investigate along with him.

Two African-American teenagers are arrested for the crime, which both Henry and Sun columnist Michael McDougal believe to be false charges when they overhear the NYPD discuss the arrest on the Sun office's police scanner. She urges him to seriously consider an offer to leave the Sun and become an assistant managing editor at the New York Sentinel (based on The New York Times), which would mean more money and respectability for shorter hours, but may also be too boring for his tastes.Ī hot story is circulating the city, involving the murder of two white businessmen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Henry's wife Martha, a Sun reporter on leave and about to give birth, is fed up because Henry seems to have less and less time for her, and she dislikes Alicia. Alicia is also having an affair with Sun reporter Carl. The paper's owner Graham Keighley faces dire financial straits, so he has managing editor Alicia Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks, as she schemes to get a raise in her salary. Bernie reveals to Henry that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, and tries to track down his estranged daughter Deanne in an attempt to reconcile before his time is up. He is at risk of the same fate as his editor-in-chief, Bernie White, who put his work first at the expense of his family. Henry Hackett is the workaholic metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional New York City tabloid, who loves his job but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. The film takes place during a 24-hour period. The reporters discover evidence suggesting a police cover-up of evidence of the suspects' innocence, and rush to scoop the story in the midst of professional, private and financial chaos.

The main story of the day is the murder of a couple of visiting businessmen.

The film depicts a hectic 24 hours in a newspaper editor's professional and personal life. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song for 'Make Up Your Mind', which was written and performed by Randy Newman. The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid and Robert Duvall.

The Paper & Hearts Society by Lucy Powrie