this @NYTimesAtWar thing has grown in ways i did not foresee. we do public events. i've attended all but one of our many TimesTalks around the country & found we have a genuine community of readers who turn up to meet & to talk, with passion. it's moving to be in these rooms. /10
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none of this is to suggest we have our shit wired. we're four committed people who live in three different geographies. we rarely actually see each other and we all wish we could be better, faster, smarter and more in sync. and, for the record,.. 11/
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...john & tm can default to knucklehead & lauren brings the intensity of a chainsaw. (note to haters: imma chainsaw nut so that's compliment). it's all good faith & they serve readers & their consciences each day, which are the right fuels. we try for good humor on the way. /12
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so why this thread? because in journalism, if you value sanity, you learn to appreciate & be grateful for simple, sturdy beat work, told cleanly, as the foundation of all else. and we have examples that can be lost under the roar of major news or ego-driven prizebait stories /13
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one is this piece. it landed w/o fanfare but is is a type of interpretive explainer readers need. john dunked it while doing four other things for another desk. news orgs get immense value from organic, unheralded inputs flowing from staff diversity. /14https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/us/navy-seal-trident-insignia.html …
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another is this, by tm &
@FatmaFaizi. it's beautifully told, reflects full (& expensive) newspaper commitment to international coverage, & emanates a humanity that makes war coverage cohere facts and analyses into sorrow & moral rigor. /15https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/world/asia/afghanistan-bombs-war.html …1 reply 19 retweets 166 likesShow this thread -
both examples, like the previous link of the project lauren led on Section 60, are essential for other reasons, internal to the ever weird workplace that is the
@nytimes. why? because they are not strictly@NYTimesAtWar work -- they reflect collaboration across desks & turf. /161 reply 8 retweets 93 likesShow this thread -
tm works for the dc bureau & also contributes overseas. john is at present on our national desk. but both were hired expressly to enrich war & vet coverage, wherever assigned, in the
@NYTimesAtWar reanimation jake & dean offered. lauren roams the newsroom in collaboration. /171 reply 9 retweets 82 likesShow this thread -
another example of that collaboration is below, cooked up by lauren and
@samsifton for@nytfood, with huge assists from the@NYTimesAtWar reader community i mentioned above. all of this was published *this week* in a climate churning with news. /18https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/18/dining/soldiers-military-thanksgiving.html …3 replies 19 retweets 119 likesShow this thread -
yeah yeah i'm running long. don't worry. almost over. keep your short-attention-span-fucked-up-digital-drunk brains together for a few more words. 19/
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Esteem concision.
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