The Courier-Journal has been making major renovations to its news section. The most obvious might be the size taken up by headlines and photographs; room that should be filled with stories. The newspaper for October 23rd included a large promo for a story further in the paper at the top of the front page, as well as a large square photography beginning at the bottom of the top half of the page and continuing down, taking up a good two thirds of the bottom half of the page. Large headlines appear everywhere. This is just one example out of many that show the Courier's new and colorful format, which leaves only three stories on the front page.
Now, compare this format to The New York Times front page. In it, photographs are used for almost every story as well, but they are much smaller; the headlines, too, are much simpler and take up much less room on the page. Five stories fit nicely on the front page; there is no confusion as to which photograph pertains to which. As opposed to The Courier-Jounral, The New York Times is giving the reader many stories to read.
This may be due to the lack of the Courier's funding, but the Louisvillian newspaper is merely filling up space and cheating its readers of stories. While visuals are important, so is getting stories out there.
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