Ok people, take a knee. Now, when it comes to making mistakes I am a fair man. I believe in the wisdom and leadership skills of Solomon, that is to say, taking the time to listen to both sides of the story before taking the necessary action. I'm a firm believer in admitting to fault when honesty is the best course of action and until God gives us a third option--not up or down but maybe side-to-side--then honesty is the only course of action.
One of you isn't feeling one-hundred percent of their total because you know that your decision making process failed and led to what can only be considered as a tragedy that will have disastrous consequences for the free market economy and the further refinement of citizens around the globe. When Kennedy botched the Bay of Pigs he was having a bad day, nothing two aspirin and the United Nations couldn't cure. But this, this is much, much worse. Why I don't even think Congress can bail us out on this one as much as that pains me to say. Someone is going to have to put one leg in front of the other and step forward to make right what has been wronged.
By nature I am an optimist. And despite the events that transpired this morning I believe it is possible to make a course correction but first we as a group need to admit that something isn't the way it should be, the way that it could be, and we're going to need to know how and why we were driven to this bruised moment in history. When we find ourselves at such a crossroad admitting fault is the only action that will lead to salvation on this road to perdition. So I'll ask you one more time, who in their infinite ivy-league 5th Avenue wisdom spilt McClatchy all over this mornings Wall Street Journal?
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Who is McClatchy? I've never heard that name, and what did they do to him?
I think your being a bit too abstract this morning.
I'm sorry I don't follow. Is there a news link you could post?
McClatchy is a newspaper publisher. That said, I'm still confused haha.
WSJ redesign launched today, folks
I thought to myself when I read "admitting fault is the only action that will lead to salvation on this road to perdition." of course he's talking about the Wall Street Journal.
Thanks Josh. I don't read it, so i didn't realize. The graphics were all screwy when I first visited this morning, however.
It certainly isn't very inviting, but I have yet to see a circulated newspaper's website that is.
> WSJ redesign launched today, folks
The De Morgan was redesigned—wow! What I found laying at my door step this morning has the look and feel of a Pontiac Aztec forced through an old copy of Printshop.
Did you mean split?
Or did you mean SPIT?
That is what threw me off.
Cheers.
If the word spilt threw you off then I can not help you as that would be like the blind leading the blind considering my own personal struggle with the written language.
However, I do recommend wearing a Protec helmet for English. Mine is midnight-blue, has flame stickers running down the sides, and a patented comfort chin strap.
the future in Black & White...
I thought you were talking about W.
I was so pissed because your script wasn't working correctly (Longboard) that I flew out west, called a cab to your place, snuck in during the wee hours of the morning a soiled your precious Wall Street Journal. By the way... where is the Longboard?! Not this new McClatchy monkey business but the real MacKoy.
I've only read the main section so far, but it is just weird, like they just cut it physically in half, folded the excess back in and called it good.
They have a special section in the back detailing all the changes... that should be interesting.
Interestingly, both the De Morgen and WSJ redesigns were done by Mario Garcia.
"They have a special section in the back detailing all the changes... that should be interesting."
This is available in PDF form from the link that Josh B. provided.
This may be the best argument against fluid design I've seen. Come on, you're the Wall Street Journal, we expect better.
> ...it is just weird, like they just cut it physically in half, folded the excess back in and called it good.
Exactly. It feels like WSJ Jr. The format and size has always been an integral part of the experience. If the redesign was supposed to make up for that loss it fails miserably. In fact I'm curious why they stopped short of including the daily television schedule.
> Interestingly, both the De Morgen and WSJ redesigns were done by Mario Garcia.
I was surprised to learn that but then newspaper/magazine editors have a way of making a mockery of good design. I'm assuming that Mario probably had some great ideas that were squashed by people who know more about words than composition.
> This may be the best argument against fluid design I've seen.
Let's be clear, this has nothing to do with the web site. That's always been somewhat of a train wreck but that seems par fo the course in the news industry.
Greg, that site is FUGLY (and you missed and apostrophe somewhere between breakfast and this post).
Dave- This is the only newspaper site that I've seen that I think is attractive (the Stuart FL News, a Scripps paper)...
http://www.tcpalm.com/
Once again, this has absolutely nothing to do with the website. Nothing. Nadda. Newspaper web design in general needs a revolution, not a redesign.
The Stuart paper's site in weak compared to the Des Moines Register's site, http://desmoinesregister.com/. Despite being owned by Gannett, the paper's site is good. i'm sure it's print product looks as horrible as every Gannett outlet, including USA Today.
Greg, you were quoted on NewsDesigner regarding the WSJ redesign. I was going to say you probably already knew this because they're a fellow 9rules-er, but now I'm not sure if you're still part of that whole deal...
Stop being so esoteric and cite your sources.
There are far too few good designers in important positions at newspapers. At my regional paper at least, important design positions are held by journalists turned photoshop tutorial graduates. Many newspapers are also overflowing with old people, some still trying to come to grips with the virtues of email. They struggle to attract young people as readers as well. I think that if any newspaper is to spark a revolution and become relevant again it will be because they have learned how to attract young people—designers, employees and readers...or at least those that "think young."
I appreciate that you appreciate writing, but your style has evolved in sort of counter-productive way. It's far less grabbing and interesting to me now. It feels more like an exercise in using english than an expression.
> Stop being so esoteric and cite your sources.
Stop being so lazy and learn to use a spoon.
> I appreciate that you appreciate writing, but your style has evolved in sort of counter-productive way.
Steve, I'm truly sorry that your paid subscription to Airbag hasn't met the needs of your full-on productive life. I'll have accounting send you a full refund.
Hey wait, you can get paid subscriptions to Airbag? Between that and McClatchy, you're confusing the hell out of me. ;)
Seriously, though, I've Google Newsed (is that even a verb?) "McClatchy" and come up with nothing Earth-shattering. So what *are* you on about, Greg?
Soo...uh...they took off one column and made the paper narrower? Is that the redesign? Or are we talking about the web site?
I'm thinking of a new commenting system whereby a reader has to check a box next to every comment that they haven't read before they themselves can post a reply. Sure it wouldn't be perfect but maybe, just maybe, it would reduce the number of duplicate comments that have already been answered. And maybe, just maybe, it might increase the number of singular comments that leads to an actual conversation.
Perhaps after the ten-thousandth comment I'll just turn them off completely. Only seventy more to go...