The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names [View all]
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Source: NY Times
The Project Behind a Front Page Full of Names
A presentation of obituaries and death notices from newspapers around the country tries to frame incalculable loss.
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Instead of the articles, photographs or graphics that normally appear on the front page of The New York Times, on Sunday, there is just a list: a long, solemn list of people whose lives were lost to the coronavirus pandemic.
As the death toll from Covid-19 in the United States approaches 100,000, a number expected to be reached in the coming days, editors at The Times have been planning how to mark the grim milestone.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/23/reader-center/coronavirus-new-york-times-front-page.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage
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