The New York Times is one of America’s largest newspaper publishers, today selling over 900,000 printed copies daily. Their website, NYTimes.com, is the most visited online newspaper website, receiving 32.4 million unique visitors in December 2010. (The NY Times Company, 2010, pp. 2 3) The New York Times employs 3094 workers, 1016 of them members of The Newspaper Guild of New York. (p. 8) In order to remain as America’s premier newspaper, The New York Times not only deals with the changing media market but union negotiations for approximately 40% of its staff. (p. 13) The Times relies on the creativity and high level of professionalism that many of its Guild members offer but are always looking to increase profit by cutting costs so constant battles between The Guild and The Times are a reoccurring matter.
The newspaper industry began evolving immensely with the growing popularity of the internet in the early 1990’s, and The Newspaper Guild recognized the challenges that this would bring. The decision was made to merge with the Communication Workers of America. Since the merger took effect in 1997, both the CWA and The Guild have benefited. They have worked to build a union that recognizes both the need for common power and solidarity and the need for identity and diversity. (Rothman, 2006, para. 2) In the era of Internet competition and newspaper retrenchment, “being involved in the Guild is more important than ever as we work to protect the vital interests of our members,” said William O’Meara, president of the Guild’s New York local and a former union staff representative for The Times. (The Guild, n.d., para 5) The Newspaper Guild CWA represents members at both The New York Times Print and Times Digital, the staff res...
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...he Guild and The Times having such completely opposite goals for the new contract, its difficult to determine how long negotiations will go on. A strike is always possible when so much is at stake but The New York Times has not missed a print date due to a union strike since 1978. As an industry leader in such a competitive market, The Times can not risk losing readers due to strike when so many options are available to consumers. The Times needs the guilds highly skilled members, the Guild gets the members what they deserve but in times of prosperity they become very greedy. That greed can be sustained until a recession strikes and profits dwindle, forcing the Times to try and cut back Guild member benefits, which members refuse to give back, resulting in endless negotiations. All this while the newspaper industry continues to evolve from paper to digital media.
Stereotyping of Arab Muslims in the New York Times for the Past Forty Years This study examines stereotyping of Arab Muslims in the New York Times for the past forty years. Theorists suggest that stereotyping of a minority group effects the public's opinion of that group. Other communication media theorists say that only under extreme conditions will the negative stereotypes reflect the publics' opinions of the portrayed minority group. The parallel theory between propaganda and stereotyping by
same date, in this case January 30th, 2014, the distinction can still be made, and by this it can be said that if the titles of the newspapers were removed it would not be hard to distinguish one from the other. By placing the front page of the New York Times (NYT) and of the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) side by side, the reader can piece together few similarities and a greater amount of contrast between the two. These are especially true when looking at the stories that were covered, the amount of space
Page One: Inside the New York Times fits into the finger categories of news media/entertainment and social relationships. The most relevant category is news media/entertainment. The New York Times is the nation’s oldest continually publishing major newspaper. A newspaper is a type of news media, and its goal is to inform the public. The documentary also fits into the category of social relationships. The documentary depicts many relationships that are a part of the New York Times. It shows partnerships
one sided judgment. The actions of President Obama are so controversial that it is hard not to express the news without a tilt in one direction or another. The New York Times tries to hide this unbalanced spectrum but it still can slip in some instances. President Obama is portrayed by the New York Times with viewpoints that express a negative impact for the United States. The New York Times uses a variety of ways to find information and catch the attention of the reader so people can discover what
The New York Times coverage of the Holocaust One paper had more influence on all other newspapers during this time. The New York Times was the primary source wartime newspaper. Their lack of coverage influenced the coverage from other newspapers (Max Frankel).The years of the Holocaust was an experience people will never forget. Everyone is involved including those who suffered in Eastern Europe as well as those who were informed and those who were under informed, to the billions of lives living
History The New York Times has been around since 1851 when former New York Tribune staffers, George Jones and Henry Raymond, founded it. With the onset of “yellow journalism” by competing newspapers causing the newspaper to lose ground, the newspaper was ultimately purchased by Tennessee newspaperman Adolph Ochs in 1896. In 1944, the company began to diversify with the purchase of two New York City radio stations. Following many more acquisitions, in 1992 The New York Times purchased Affiliated
New York Times Columnist Charles M. Blow tweeted about his son’s experience being held at gun point by Yale campus police Saturday . The debate over racial profiling — already a hot topic on many college campuses — gained renewed attention this weekend when Yale University police briefly detained a black male student Saturday evening. Black students and faculty members at many campuses charge that racial profiling is a fact of life for them, but this student’s experience immediately attracted wide
The article titled "The man with the snow job" appears in the Opinion Pages, The New York Times. Author, Gail Collins, opens her article with the question: “Who is to blame for this weather?” which hooks readers’ attention and makes them curious about what they are going to read. In her writing, Collins talks about the current snowstorm in the United States and how it is used for everyone’s advantage. She also points out how government officials such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Gore, George W. Bush
Period 5 New York Times v. Sullivan (1964) The New York Times v. Sullivan Supreme Court case, a landmark United States Supreme Court case, was a result of Lester Bruce Sullivan suing the New York Times for libel, a published false statement that can cause damage to a person's reputation or career. The case revolved around a one-page advertisement featured in the newspaper that was titled, “Heed Their Rising Voices,” which was created by civil
film, Page One: Inside The New York Times, the inner world of journalism is revealed through journalists David Carr and Brian Stelter as the newspaper company The New York Times, struggles to keep alive within a new wave of news journalism. The film is dedicated to reveal the true inner mechanics of what modern day new journalists face on a daily basis and leaves the audience almost in a state of shock. It broadcasts news journalism as yes, an old school method of news generation, but it also highlights
to understand is that the book Class Matters, Chapter 6 by The New York Times, is about a character named Andy Blevin and his sister Leanna Blevin who come from a community of people that don’t see any importance in post secondary education due to their pride in hard work ethic. Andy Blevin and Leanna had the same opportunities but Andy is a college dropout and Leanna has a Ph.D. In the book Class Matters chapter 6 by The New York Times it states, "A majority of the non graduates are young men, and
In Zeynep Tufekci’s New York Times article published in 2015, titled “The Machines are coming”, she discussed the impacts of technology on employment, stating how machines surpass humans, and the threat where machines start to take over humans’ job. Michael Littman also touched on a similar topic in his 2015 post on Livescience, titled “'Rise of the Machines' is Not a Likely Future”. Littman discussed the rate at which technology was developing, while debunking the threats posed by machines with
journalism in times of war is a difficult task. Naturally, there are bits of information that the government needs to keep secret for one reason or another. There is also the danger of victims' stories being exploited and sensationalized. The SPJ's Code of Ethics recommends that journalists should "treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings worthy of respect" (Society). During the extreme... ... middle of paper ... ...t 29, 1968: 71. Hallin, Daniel C. The Uncensored War. New York: Oxford
We Should Build New Sports Stadiums In Roger G. Noll’s article on pro sports’ stadiums in the New York Times, he states that a new baseball stadium in New York City (or anywhere else) is too costly to construct. Mr. Noll is an economist and so it stands that he would understand the financials of building new stadiums. He even attempts to look at the issue, though not an honest effort, from all perspectives. He says that these facilities never pay for themselves, that there is an increase
states. The phrase “Under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance. Eighteen-year olds were shouting, “If we are old enough to fight and die for our country, why can’t we vote?” The teens got a bill into the house but it was turned away by the senate. New fashions were surfacing in both men’s and women’s fashions. Men were wearing Bermuda pants, baggy pants that were cut off at the knee, while women were wearing capris, tight pants that cut off just below the knee. Men were wearing tailored jackets and