My client David Lang has two dance projects coming up this fall, one with New York City Ballet and the other with Works & Process at the Guggenheim. This means I’ve been doing a lot of reaching out to dance writers I’ve never met or worked with before, so far with absolutely no (0) success, but I persevere!
You should know that I think the New York Times website is basically The Most Impressive Thing (as it should be); minutes after we learned that George Steinbrenner passed away this morning, the Times had a slideshow of archival photos of him on their homepage.
I am also continuously surprised by the smart, new features they add seemingly weekly. For example, yesterday I noticed while reading an article about the Jezebel/Daily Show chaos, that the Times site now tells you where outgoing links will take you if you click on them, for example, “More articles about Jon Stewart” (links to the Times archives), “An Observer article about her [Gaby Darbyshire],” and “A post about her [Jessica Coen].” They seem to have some kinks to work out with this feature, since there are quite a few typos, but it’s very cool. Another new feature I noticed while reading that article (and other Times articles today), was this little “Speed Read” box that slides in from the right side of your screen; basically, this is a link to a CliffNotes version of all the Media & Advertising articles posted so far that day.
This is why I was surprised when my assistant Nathan discovered the following while researching writers who might be interested in a piece on David: “Dance” is not a sub-category under ARTS on the homepage.
…and then suddenly it is when you click on the general ARTS section:
Same goes for Art & Design, but I’ll deal with that when one of my composers does a site-specific work. Strangely inconsistent, right?
Amanda,
This exact issue has bothered me for some time now, and I’m so glad you pointed it out – with fabulous screen shots, examples, and yellow circles and arrows, no less!
You’re the best, Amanda.
Sincerely,
Chase