By Drew Grant 9/04/12 3:41pm

off the record

9-year-old Leah from Brooklyn draws the news. (NYTimes.com)

Kids Draw the Darndest News: City Room’s Andy Newman on The New York Times’ Latest Feature

“We are looking for the kids who draw these things not to just depict something, but to offer some kind of social criticism through the visual storytelling techniques that they use.”

That might sound like a pretty tall order for the under-12 set that Bureau Chief of The New York Times‘ City Room blog Andy Newman had in mind when he helped create the site’s latest feature, Kids Draw the News. But despite starting out under heavy criticism from a vocal number of commenters (as well as a local Fox affiliate) for glorifying violence, Mr. Newman has faith in the comprehension skills of what he calls “the next generation of New York Times readers.” Read More

By Drew Grant 12/30/11 11:27am

The New York Times

OWS made headlines for The New York Times

New York Times’ City Blog Puts Out Most Commented Post List; All Entries About Occupy Wall Street Or Weiners

As we tend to do during the holiday season, The New York Times‘ City Room blog is in intra-aggregation mode: posting about their own posts over the 2011 year as both a  in remembrance” sort of thing, as well as a quick and easy way to make filler content new and exciting.

Though the technique of link-baiting back to the most popular (or the most commented) posts of the 2011 does serve a purpose, as we can quickly identify the major trends that had all the crazy people coming out of the woodwork to speak their mind. Read More

By John Koblin 1/25/08 9:43pm

City Room Heath Ledger Post: 1.78 Million Page Views

The City Room’s post authored by Sewell Chan on the death of Heath Ledger has reached 1.78 million page views, a spokeswoman said. The Times can’t confirm whether it’s an all-time record for a nytimes.com blog post, but it’s probably awfully close. Editor Jonathan Landman wrote in an e-mail this morning: By the end of Read More

By Leon Neyfakh 8/14/07 9:41pm

Sun to Rise Several Times Daily

The editors of The New York Sun have started posting stories on their Web site during the day instead of waiting to put them in the next morning’s paper.

A memo sent to staff yesterday by city editor David Lombino said reporters should expect to file early when they’re working on certain kinds of stories. Read More