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It seems to me like we're finally witnessing the birth of a 21st century news paper. The New York times has always been well regarded for it's journalism. Now w

by dclusin 13y ago

It seems to me like we're finally witnessing the birth of a 21st century news paper. The New York times has always been well regarded for it's journalism. Now we're starting to see what can be accomplished when a credible journalism outfit is complemented by equally credible digital designers.

RockyMcNuts 13y ago
The actually appointed a 'Snowfaller in Chief' http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/07/12/new-york-times-appoints-sifton.html http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/07/12/new-york-...
- sliverstorm 13y ago
  Thank god. IMO the "Snow fall" article was the best thing I've seen come out of journalism in many years.
  - nathos 13y ago
    link to the "Snow Fall" article: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/
    - nl 13y ago
      Wow.. WOW. That's how written news should be done.
    - robflynn 13y ago
      This also reminds me of something similar at The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley-holmes-family http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/may/26/fire... I thought it was very well done.
Cthulhu_ 13y ago
And yet, I can't see this being developed into something regular; I mean, artfully done as this is, eventually they're going to want to make money.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago
  They've created quite a few stories like this now. I don't have any links but I've seen several appear on HN.
- potatolicious 13y ago
  Why not? The NYT, through embracing digitization, has been able to maintain one of the largest subscriber bases in post-Internet newspapers. An increasing proportion of their revenue is coming from subscriptions instead of advertising - if they can develop the right tools, they can pump these out with relatively low cost.
- devb 13y ago
  The paywall is more restricted now than when it was first enacted. I won't pay for much online, but I recently signed up for the weekend papers + full online access because I thought the journalism is better than most of the crap found online.
- volaski 13y ago
  As Paul Graham says, "Do things that don't scale"
aw3c2 13y ago
This kind of presentation would work perfectly for magazines like National Geographic.
mhartl 13y ago
*its journalism
ancarda 13y ago
>21st century news paper The website suggests otherwise. It was difficult to read it on my phone (iPhone 5). I couldn't pinch - I had to scroll and the images, when tapped, would appear to take over the screen. Honestly, I was expecting them to say "Download our app!" to top it off. Edit: I just had a look on my desktop. Very impressive and the image-focusing thing makes sense now.
epsylon 13y ago
I wish I could read the article though. Can't get past the paywall.

by dclusin 13y ago

RockyMcNuts 13y ago

The actually appointed a 'Snowfaller in Chief' http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/07/12/new-york-times-appoints-sifton.html http://www.bizjournals.com/newyork/news/2013/07/12/new-york-...

sliverstorm 13y ago
Thank god. IMO the "Snow fall" article was the best thing I've seen come out of journalism in many years.
- nathos 13y ago
  link to the "Snow Fall" article: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/ http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/
  - nl 13y ago
    Wow.. WOW. That's how written news should be done.
  - robflynn 13y ago
    This also reminds me of something similar at The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/may/26/firestorm-bushfire-dunalley-holmes-family http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2013/may/26/fire... I thought it was very well done.

Cthulhu_ 13y ago

And yet, I can't see this being developed into something regular; I mean, artfully done as this is, eventually they're going to want to make money.

k-mcgrady 13y ago
They've created quite a few stories like this now. I don't have any links but I've seen several appear on HN.
potatolicious 13y ago
Why not? The NYT, through embracing digitization, has been able to maintain one of the largest subscriber bases in post-Internet newspapers. An increasing proportion of their revenue is coming from subscriptions instead of advertising - if they can develop the right tools, they can pump these out with relatively low cost.
devb 13y ago
The paywall is more restricted now than when it was first enacted. I won't pay for much online, but I recently signed up for the weekend papers + full online access because I thought the journalism is better than most of the crap found online.
volaski 13y ago
As Paul Graham says, "Do things that don't scale"

aw3c2 13y ago

This kind of presentation would work perfectly for magazines like National Geographic.

mhartl 13y ago

*its journalism

ancarda 13y ago

>21st century news paper The website suggests otherwise. It was difficult to read it on my phone (iPhone 5). I couldn't pinch - I had to scroll and the images, when tapped, would appear to take over the screen. Honestly, I was expecting them to say "Download our app!" to top it off. Edit: I just had a look on my desktop. Very impressive and the image-focusing thing makes sense now.

epsylon 13y ago

I wish I could read the article though. Can't get past the paywall.