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NYT Hall of Fame sports front

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by wicked, Jan 10, 2013.

  1. murphyc

    murphyc Well-Known Member

    Was there any explanation inside about the blank front and its significance? I thought it looked fine, but as others mentioned that was a big space to leave blank. Would plans have changed if a big sports story came up late in the night? Leaving such a big space blank indicates no noteworthy sports news happened yesterday.
     
  2. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty New Member

    that would be very cool ... if it was your college newspaper.
     
  3. Chris17

    Chris17 Member

    Yep. Agreed, Mr. Petty. And speaking of college newspapers....

    The best I've ever seen this done was a few years ago at LaSalle University (in Philly). This wasn't a totally blank front page, and I thought it was pretty cool, given the circumstances. Basically, there was an embarassing story about a professor (and exoctic dancers!), and the Administration - who funds the student newspaper - first told them they couldn't run the story, then told them they could run it but it had to be below the fold. Pretty cool response.

    http://apple.copydesk.org/2011/04/15/college-weekly-finds-a-clever-and-powerful-way-around-the-rules/

    A-10, Represent!
     
  4. Beef03

    Beef03 Active Member

    But think of how much money they saved on ink . . .

    At first blow I thought it was cool, got a chuckle out of it -- hadn't seen it done elsewhere before -- but there are much better ways to comment on the story and make it relivant a day after the fact. This was a wasted opportunity and very gimmicky.

    I do like what the LaSalle paper did, though.
     
  5. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    How often does a print design generate this much talk without a glaring mistake or over-the-top headline?
     
  6. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Agreed with Mr. Petty. If it's a college paper, yes. But it's The New York Times ... and its grandstanding IMHO.
     
  7. Tom Petty

    Tom Petty New Member

    how many pages did the death of this guy get on this site? i think you made a horrifically poor point:

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  8. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    I wonder how many calls they got from readers saying, "You forgot to put stuff on the front page!" or people who thought there was a printing error.

    Also reminds me of a couple of paid ads the Times ran when Sammy Davis Jr. and Jim Henson died. Both were full page, but only had their names and birth/death dates on them. Henson's had a small cartoon Mickey Mouse looking up at Henson's name with a tear in his eye, but I can't recall what Davis' page had.
     
  9. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Page wasn't 'blank.'

    www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/visual-voice/200172/new-york-times-seinfeld-esque-sports-page-shows-the-power-of-nothing/
     
  10. Versatile

    Versatile Active Member

    Not just on this site. This page is everywhere.
     
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  11. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    But as has been pointed out multiple times on this thread, it wasn't different. We're talking about it because it's The New York Times, not because it's innovative, creative or good.
     
  12. What's next, a headline with "fuck" in it?
     
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