Tuesday, October 18, 2005


The coming of the 'Compact'

NYT going tab? It maybe scary, but is best? Maybe. Maybe not.

So the story goes, it is on the way. Most newspaper analysts like Mario Garcia think the broadsheet (regular, "tall" newspaper) is going to be replaced with tabloid (half the size, NT Daily summer edition or Quick.) I personally like the tabloid, but some questions persist.
Will this increase the under-visuals of minorities. Since the tabloid fits into a magazine feel, and most take advantage of a single, stark image; will there be only more white males like the current media likes to use?
Also, how can a tab remain broad in scope while keeping an "impact image" on the front page?
Things are changing in newsprint, I'm not afraid of this. What does scare me is the easiness of relying on the norm of the past and not implementing standards and procedures that attack racism and sexism on "new" front pages.

Check this article by Garcia at Poynter here

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