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The better question is - why are newspapers so horrible? I think that in today's age, we need to focus on a new way of presenting the data instead of convertin
by fouc 8y ago
The better question is - why are newspapers so horrible?
I think that in today's age, we need to focus on a new way of presenting the data instead of converting them into narratives/prose. The problem is there's a limit to how much information you can cram into prose, or read back from it. It's hard to quickly get an overview of any particular bit of data relative to all the others that are nearby. You have to trust the news author actually understands the whole story and didn't discount anything. Plus stories aren't static, there's constant updates that are coming out, why not see all the information and the timeline all at once, continually updating? Especially in a distraction free format.
- mwfunk 8y agoThis is all tangential, but fascinating. Newspapers are the way they are because they’re still printed, and the digital version ends up straddling the line between the preexisting print format and a web site. What you’re describing only makes sense in the context of purely digital newspapers, or newspapers that are digital first, and print a distant second. A site like Axios may be a step in that direction, but it’s only scratching the surface of what could be done in that space. I would love to see something like what you described someday.