Inside the New York Times
The Film “Inside the New York Times” is a great look at the different departments and reporters that work for the newspaper. It goes into great depth about how the daily newspaper gets produced. When the documentary was made, the newspaper went through a great deal of budget cuts, which gave a more intense look at the business side of the paper. The film gives great insight for future journalists and people that want to know more about the newspaper industry. There were many topics and themes I took from the documentary.
One of the first main topics I took was the use of Twitter in journalism. Twitter is an ever-changing social media that trends very current, real life news that comes from everything from the average Joe, to celebrities. The New York Times surprised me by the documentary telling viewers how often the journalists are really on social media. It is a huge outlet for reporters to gain story leads, and ideas.
Another point I gained from the video is how professional and important the reporters were. I appreciated the “board meeting” that took place each and every afternoon to decide the papers story’s they were to run. It demonstrated the need for journalists and reporters to be on time. Deadlines are important. Group work is especially important. The idea of deadlines is important to papers because they want to be the first one out with the current trending story. The more viewers the paper can attract the better they’ll do in advertising, which will awards them with money. The professionalism of the paper is especially important because there story’s need to be correct, they need to have proper sources and they need to always investigate story and ideas.
A theme that surprised me was the office space for the journalists. Their workspace shocked me. The New York Times is one of the most respected and well-developed papers of our age. The workspace for their employees was very boring and plain with all of the cubicles the building had. I was expected a more creative feel like Google or many magazines have.
Toward the end of the movie, it was depressing to see the New York Times have to layoff people. Many businesses and corporations go through this at some point. I thought the CEO handled it very well however and used their resources wisely. The layoff section really opened my eyes to just how competitive this field is.
Inside the New York Times is a nice film that provides great depth into the journalism field. The inside look is very creative.
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