What is a Newspaper Page to do When the Hall of Fame Names Nobody

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Click on the image to learn the story behind how NYT editors made their design decisions.

The Poynter Institute’s Sara Quinn explains that the newspaper designers decided they would leave a whole section of the page blank.  The size of the white space was reflective of how much ink would have been given to the story had players been inducted.  Find out how the discussions unfolded to take this design risk.

 

 

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