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Why I don’t mind the spadea wrapped around Monday’s NYT
Yes, that was a spadea wrapped around the front of Monday’s New York Times. This is new for New York Times readers. And one sent me that picture today. Note how the front page portion of the spadea...
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Why pay a copy writer when you can have dummy copy in your ad for free?
Over the years we’ve spent chronicling the hazards of operating without copy editors, we’ve seen newspapers accidentally run what is called “dummy copy” in headlines… …we’ve seen lots and lots of TV...
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Today’s media must-read
The New York Times‘ David Carr — in a story entitled Newspaper monopoly that lost its grip — completely disassembles Advance Publications: The name Times-Picayune, which had stood for quality and...
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Behind the New York Times’ look at a Boston Marathon bombing victim
This story is about an extraordinary print and digital presentation earlier this week in the New York Times. But first, the background. New York Times sports designer Wayne Kamidoi fills us in: Tim...
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Behind the New York Times’ look at a Boston Marathon bombing victim
This story is about an extraordinary print and digital presentation earlier this week in the New York Times. But first, the background. New York Times sports designer Wayne Kamidoi fills us in: Tim...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune’s Andrew Braford joining the NYT
Andrew Braford — a designer for the Star Tribune of Minneapolis, Minn. — posted this rather low-key announcement this weekend via his Facebook timeline: A bit of news: Holly and I are leaving...
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A prototype for a new-and-improved Obamacare web site
Wednesday, the New York Times ran a piece on its OpEd page by Ezekiel J. Emanuel of the University of Pennsylvania on how to repair its big mess of an Obamacare insurance exchange web site. This is how...
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In bookstores today: A memoir by the NYT’s Charles Blow
New York Times OpEd columnist — and former graphics director — Charles Blow has a new book that hits bookstores today. It’s called Fire Shut Up in My Bones, and it’s a memoir of his formative years...
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How papers in the Big Apple played Mario Cuomo today on page one
It’s not often you’ll find a sameness to the front pages of New York’s largest newspapers. But today is one of the days you will. Mario Cuomo — former governor of the state and the father of the...
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