Wednesday, December 21, 2022
In the New York Dailies
I love a town like London or New York where you can get more than one daily newspaper-- and when I get the chance, I do. In New York, there is always the Times (a great paper, where our work has appeared three times), but am fascinated with the Post and the Daily News, tabloids that people read on the subway. They are both widely read-- the Post (founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801) has the 4th highest circulation in the country, while the Daily News is #11.
Both tabloids are well-known for their sensationalist headlines, most famously the 1975 Daily News headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead!" and the Post's classic "Headless Body in Topless Bar."
In a recent epic adventure, the Post turned on Donald Trump as he announced his election bid last month in a story on page 26 titled "Been There, Don That." Among other epic trolls, the piece began by reporting that “With just 720 days to go before the next election, a Florida retiree
made the surprise announcement that he was running for president.”
Anyways, Rachel Barkow and I had a piece in the Daily News yesterday, and I love the idea of people reading it on the subway. You can read it here.
