I am always looking for newspapers that do print happily.
I am always extremely happy when I see a print product that does what only print can do as well. And, indeed, there are things that are exclusive to print, its large canvas and its ability to command our attention with both hands on the pages and our undivided attention.
Such was this splash of a print at its best in the September 9 edition of The New York Times.
Whatever I may add here does not compare to seeing the actual pages, so take a look.
For those who have given up on print, here is plenty of colorful and people-driven evidence that print can be done happily, especially when we single out those qualities that make it unique.
Here is the example of the 8-page special, Sunday in the Park, celebrating summer in Central Park.
This is the cover.
…which opens up into a big split centerfold of two pages.
Then we see the profile of 117 park goers, with their names, neighborhood, and a statement of what makes NY and the Park interesting on a summer day.
I like the diversity of the people in the images, the everyman’s aspect of the coverage, always a crowd pleaser with the audience.
I love Central Park
I also happened to be around the Park that day, but much earlier. I missed my chance to be one of the 117 faces profiled here. Maybe next summer. Must time for morning runs a little later.
Central Park, by the way, is one of the world’s treasures and I am happy to say that I walk to it from home, three streets away. Each morning around 6:45, weather permitting and sometimes not, I am there for what could be an energizing run, a job or simply, as today, a power walk. The park and its charm never cease to amaze, to surprise, and one never knows what will be the moment of serendipity. That bench that is always empty near the 72St exit could be populated by an interesting character two days later. A dog of special breed may approach you to smell your running shoes. Flowers you did not see yesterday are enchanting you this day.
A constant at Central Park: the tourists taking selfies to remember they moment they were here, too.
For those in the New York Times special, the print supplement makes their presence at the Park live forever.
The power and the enchantment of print.
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