Hell and High Water: The Battle to Save the Daily New Orleans Times-Picayune
"Rebecca Theim ... narrates the story of the paper's demise with clear compassion and in journalistic detail -- while wielding a pen as mighty as any sword."-The Advocate(New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 8, 2013)"One day when media historians study what the Newhouses did to journalism, Theim will be an important source, perhaps the most important. Now we are seeing the results of her work ... The publication is an excellent, at times riveting, bit of reporting put  together in an amazingly short time."- Errol Laborde, MyNewOrleans.com, the blog ofNew Orleans Magazine"If newspapers are black and white and dead all over, in New Orleans they're the walking dead, and Theim's tale of how print still lives will  be of interest to New Orleanians and the newspaper industry at large." - Kevin Allman, editor,Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, October 15, 2013"If you aren't from New Orleans, why would you read a book about the city's battle to keep a daily newspaper? Hell and High Wateris more than the story of  one paper and one community. Declining print circulation, the rise of digital media, and decreasing ad revenues confront most print media today ... While Theim concentrates on theTimes-Picayuneand ... other newspapers owned by the New York-based company, Advance Publications, she also reports on national trends in print and digital journalism."-Tallahassee Writers Associationand theTallahassee Democrat