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Today is the last day of the old design. Come Monday morning, we’ll be seeing a “fresh look” for the paper edition of the Tribune, which promises to make more use of white space, more sophisticated fonts, and a page that in smaller by 1/2-inch. We’re not exactly sure if “more white space” means less news or not, but one thing is for sure -- less ink and less finger-print smudge.
In an e-mail to subscribers last week, the Tribune listed as one of their improvements: a new weather page with a larger map, and the day’s forecast listed with normal and record temperatures for the date. They will also be renaming a few sections.
Today’s readers got a bit of a teaser for the new nameplate, which will keep the Old English lettering and the American flag, but reverse the blue-and-white color scheme. And with it came a promise to hold “fast to the historic strengths and high standards” of the Trib. So while the Sun-Times is letting reporters go, the Trib is redecorating. We can’t wait to wake up tomorrow.
Today's front page image via Trib.
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Of course you can't wait to wake up tomorrow for the Trib and The Suntimes, without those papers, Chicagoist would have no content.
Let's pray that the Tribune is able to make it. We need somebody to do some investigative reporting in this town. In fact, we are losing reporters that do basic factual reporting. The Reader is down in manpower. The Sun-Times is really in the toilet.
Perhaps some of you saw the pathetic front page anti-cop story in the Sun-Times today. The Sun-Times sinks lower every week. It has become a paper of false allegations and race-baiting.
Its numbers are way down. In desperation, it panders to advertisers. It panders to readers. It has become a sorry excuse for a true newspaper. Remember that the hired truck expose is two years old. That was a great series. Yet you can see how far the Sun-Times has fallen in the past two years.
I agree, Ward Up. Newspapers hurry their own demise when they abandon investigative journalism. Sure, it's expensive and time-consuming, but it's the one thing newspaper can do better than other mediums. It's sad to watch once-proud publications pander to advertisers with vapid gift guides and best ofs while dumbing down their newsroom. This may stanch the bleeding in the short term, but it's also a good way to send a more serious, consistent readership to the internet.
I think I'm the only person who still prefers the actual newspaper to reading it online. I feel like I miss tons of stories if I only read the online version, whereas, with the paper, I can read/skim from cover to cover, and know that any stories I miss, I miss on purpose. I check online for updates and stuff, but I strongly prefer the print version.
I did like the improved version today, too. far less newsprint on my hands when I was done.
It's a McPaper! With no Dear Abby! I was about to drop the Trib anyway (I'm tired of the endless Bush apologetics), but with the Sun Times also on a diet, I may have to go with the NYTimes, or else give up on dead trees all together.
Ward:
That was not a story. Not a story, not a story, not a story, since she is NOT a reporter. Yes, it is garbage that was rehashed from the Defender and not investigated at all, and somebody deemed it worthy of the front page, but it was not news, and well, i'll stop there.
Julia:
Bless you.