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Why’d You Do That?

In this occasional series, the public editor, Liz Spayd, asks Times journalists about a significant newsroom project or development afoot here, usually without comment.

In this occasional series, the public editor, Liz Spayd, asks Times journalists about a significant newsroom project or development afoot here, usually without comment.

  1. The Public Editor

    Why’d Do You That? Individualizing The News

    Kinsey Wilson, the executive vice president of product and technology, responds to reader concerns about efforts to tailor Times content.

    By Liz Spayd

     

  2. The Public Editor

    Why’d You Do That? Running a Photo of a Killer on the Home Page

    The Times’s standards editor, Phil Corbett, discusses the publication of an image of a gunman standing beside the dead body of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey.

    By Liz Spayd

     

  3. The Public Editor

    Why’d You Do That? Parsing the Election Polling

    Amanda Cox, editor of The Upshot, answers reader questions about political polling and forecasts as the election winds down.

    By Liz Spayd

     

  4. The Public Editor

    Why’d You Do That? Printing Donald Trump’s Vulgarities

    The Times’s political editor Carolyn Ryan discusses the decision to print the exact language Donald Trump was captured uttering on tape.

    By Liz Spayd

     

  5. The Public Editor

    Why’d You Do That? How The Times Decides to Send News Alerts

    Too many? Not enough? Not newsy enough? Finding the right volume, mix and audience is a juggling act.

    By Liz Spayd

     

  6. The Public Editor

    Why’d You Do That? Magazine Editor Jake Silverstein on a History-Making Issue

    This Sunday’s New York Times Magazine is dedicated to a single narrative about the forces that unraveled the Arab world, and clocks in at 40,000 words.

    By Liz Spayd