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    Jeffrey Toobin‏Verified account @JeffreyToobin Sep 3

    Hey .@nytimes ! Please put the bylines back on your home page! Removing them is demeaning to your reporters and a disservice to your readers!

    5:52 AM - 3 Sep 2018
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    237 replies 3,167 retweets 20,036 likes
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      2. defcon_5‏ @defcon_5 Sep 3
        Replying to @JeffreyToobin @nytimes

        Wow. How about the editors, copy desk, photo desk, researchers, proofreaders, et al who never get any recognition? Check your privilege. @brianstelter @jimrutenberg @claireatki

        13 replies 3 retweets 21 likes
      3. defcon_5‏ @defcon_5 Sep 3
        Replying to @defcon_5 @JeffreyToobin and

        Oh. And happy #LaborDay.

        4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Animal of politics‏ @PoliticalAnim13 Sep 3
        Replying to @defcon_5 @JeffreyToobin and

        As someone who works in a newspaper and often edits work of others you’re completely wrong about others credit. There’s a difference between composing something nd working on it.

        2 replies 1 retweet 60 likes
      5. defcon_5‏ @defcon_5 Sep 3
        Replying to @PoliticalAnim13 @JeffreyToobin and

        No page 1 story is one person’s work - not even mostly one person’s work. Then again, I’m just someone who worked in a newspaper and often edited works of other…

        4 replies 1 retweet 5 likes
      6. Animal of politics‏ @PoliticalAnim13 Sep 3
        Replying to @defcon_5 @JeffreyToobin and

        Where did I say just one person? I work at a newspaper right now and completely disagree with you. Copy editors don’t expect authorship credit. Maybe you do and you’re bitter?

        2 replies 0 retweets 86 likes
      7. defcon_5‏ @defcon_5 Sep 3
        Replying to @PoliticalAnim13 @JeffreyToobin and

        Maybe you’re an ass. But yeh, you do you.

        3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
      8. Donna Johns‏ @lawyermomIowa Sep 3
        Replying to @defcon_5 @PoliticalAnim13 and

        I found his remarks respectful and cogent. If you want to be an author, write the article. A proofreader or editor or researcher shouldn't be on the byline. I want to know who is taking responsibility, too.

        3 replies 1 retweet 113 likes
      9. Animal of politics‏ @PoliticalAnim13 Sep 3
        Replying to @lawyermomIowa @defcon_5 and

        And if someone else got a quote as part of their research they are always listed as “additional reporting by” at the bottom. These are good conventions and should stand.

        2 replies 0 retweets 37 likes
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      2. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi‏ @SicTransit34 Sep 3
        Replying to @JeffreyToobin @nytimes

        Absolutely! I’m a paid subscriber to both @washingtonpost and the @nytimes. I want to know who wrote a story I’m reading so I can become familiar with each writer’s writing style and area of expertise.

        2 replies 4 retweets 100 likes
      3. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi‏ @SicTransit34 Sep 3
        Replying to @SicTransit34 @JeffreyToobin and

        It’s also a matter of basic fairness. Would the @nytimes publish a book without the author’s name on it? Or tell its reporters who sit for interviews or speak at public events not to reveal their name to their audience?

        1 reply 5 retweets 54 likes
      4. Brett Fera‏ @brettfera Sep 3
        Replying to @SicTransit34

        The bylines are there on the story, just not on the homepage. When someone is reading, they absolutely see the byline and know who the author is every time. That hasn’t changed.

        2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
      5. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi‏ @SicTransit34 Sep 3
        Replying to @brettfera

        You're correct - the author's name IS on the homepage. But the author's name should also be on the homepage, by the headline, IMHO. I want to see the author's name *before* I click to read the report.

        3 replies 3 retweets 11 likes
      6. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi‏ @SicTransit34 Sep 3
        Replying to @SicTransit34 @brettfera

        To use my previous analogy, Suppose a C-SPAN promo told us a @nytimes reporter was going to be interviewed on a coming show, but wouldn't tell us who the reporter was until the interview started. I want the reporter identified in the promo so I can decide whether to watch or not.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi‏ @SicTransit34 Sep 3
        Replying to @SicTransit34 @brettfera @nytimes

        Yes, I know the analogy is not exact - I can sooner tell who the reporter is in an NYT article by clicking the link than waiting for a television interview in my little thought experiment. Nonetheless, I think putting reporter's names on the homepage is important.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      8. Brett Fera‏ @brettfera Sep 3
        Replying to @SicTransit34 @nytimes

        Totally fair POV. My reaction was to your initial tweet, which states as if NYT removing bylines altogether... that's not what's happening here, which we agree on. You make good points, though, for keeping.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      9. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi‏ @SicTransit34 Sep 3
        Replying to @brettfera @nytimes

        I'll be honest - You called my attention to the fact that bylines were *not* gone altogether. A fact I should have known as a NYT reader. Thank you for calling that fact to my attention.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
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      2. Teri Carter‏ @teri_atthepaper Sep 3
        Replying to @JeffreyToobin @nytimes

        I find myself clicking on fewer pieces because I don’t know who the writers are.

        3 replies 1 retweet 42 likes
      3. Kathy McMorrow‏ @mcmork Sep 3
        Replying to @teri_atthepaper @JeffreyToobin @nytimes

        Me too

        0 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Anthony Domanico‏Verified account @ajdomanico Sep 3
        Replying to @JeffreyToobin @lark @nytimes

        Most readers don't care about bylines

        9 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Ted Allen‏Verified account @TheTedAllen Sep 3
        Replying to @ajdomanico @JeffreyToobin and

        A) how would you know this? And B) I totally care about bylines

        1 reply 0 retweets 70 likes
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