Don’t these things usually go inside?
Behold, the wrap-around, faux-front cover* of the current Newsweek (the new Newsweek, for “thinking persons”?) mailed to subscribers:
In an article inside about “Reinventing Newsweek,” readers are told that “nearly everything about the way the magazine looks will change.”
*This is our black-and-white scan; The original involves more red.
‘See you on the other side’ - Meet Jessica Lum, a terminally ill 25-year-old who chose to spend what little time she had practicing journalism
#Realtalk: This is the best moment to be in journalism - The old stuff isn’t coming back, but that’s okay
Streams of consciousness - Millennials expect a steady diet of quick-hit, social-media-mediated bits and bytes. What does that mean for journalism?
Sticking with the truth - How ‘balanced’ coverage helped sustain the bogus claim that childhood vaccines can cause autism
An ink-stained stretch - Can Aaron Kushner save the Orange County Register—and the newspaper industry?
What to do if you find a baby bird
Expert advice
Inside Google’s secret lab
We might deplore the practice, but posting pictures of our food online is a way to bring everyone to the table
How the ‘World’s 50 Best’ list changed the way elite restaurants do business
“Every time the restaurant switched up its format, it got plenty of accompanying media coverage that let judges know they needed to return to see what was going on”
CJR's Guide to Online News Startups
Uptown Messenger – Hyperlocal news for a neighborhood in New Orleans
Who Owns What
The Business of Digital Journalism
A report from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Questions and exercises for journalism students.
My favorite thing about that hilarious wrap-around was the photo lineup of Newsweek contributors on the back. I scanned it quickly and noticed that Anna Quindlen's last name was misspelled. (I was able to confirm this by looking just inside the *actual* back page, where her column appears.) Niiice.
#1 Posted by Mollie, CJR on Tue 5 May 2009 at 04:14 PM
Reason # 4825 why I canceled my Newsweek subscription.
#2 Posted by msmolly, CJR on Tue 5 May 2009 at 04:34 PM
Great new look... now, if only Newsweek could get hard-hitting disinterested coverage of the General Electric Empire and its vassal kingdoms. Too bad Newsweek is one of said vassal kingdoms.
#3 Posted by Hardrada, CJR on Tue 5 May 2009 at 08:42 PM