It's Not Too Late

Word is that the "legacy newsroom" is living on borrowed time. Hooey. Papers can survive, even thrive, if they dare to be far more entertaining, informative and reader-friendly. The pages listed below make the basic case. So read them first. The center column shares a slew of specific ideas. As the main blog says, steal my ideas, please.

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Rethinking Pg. 1

Here's a front page full of radical ideas.
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New Section Proposal

And here's a mockup of for a radically different section.
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