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The Editor’s Desk
At Newsweek.com you will find a new site that uses the latest technology to make our content more accessible. Under the leadership of Deidre Depke, a team that includes Rolf Ebeling, Cathy Fenlon and Kevin Stuart has reinvented the Web site. There are more features, more video, more blogs, a Daily Conventional Wisdom and expanded coverage channels (with a special commitment to health news). Turn to page 8 of this issue for more on what you can expect to see online.
In this week's issue, Christopher Dickey and Jessica Ramirez explore Iraq's war marriages. Lally Weymouth pulls double duty, interviewing Clarence Thomas and Lebanese leader Saad Hariri. Evan Thomas and Mark Hosenball profile Blackwater's Erik Prince, the reclusive head of the controversial private security firm.
Redesigns can be unsettling, and we will no doubt be making adjustments in the coming weeks and months, both here and online. But overall, we like what we see—and we think you will, too. You are, after all, our only focus group.
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Posted By: NHNative @ 11/06/2007 9:42:55 AM
Comment: Your print redesign is terrible. Seriously. The font is hard to read, the articles seem jumbled and bunched together on some pages. Despite being a longtime subscriber, my wife and I dislike it so much that we have decided to switch to another newsmagazine. Your editor stated in his opening piece that no focus groups were used for the redesign, which we believe was a huge mistake as you would have found (we suspect) many other readers who feel the way we do and will not re-subscribe and instead try Time, US News, etc.
In addition, the Belief Watch section never should have been added as a weekly piece (maybe monthly if anything) and the Interview section at the end of the magazine (Nikki?) is beyond shameful for a magazine like Newsweek. Go back and read the past year and you'll see how ridiculous the questions are. Even the people being interviewed have replied and inquired 'What kind of interview is this!?" If I wanted an article like this then I'd subscribe to People or one of those magazines. Many quality people are interviewed so why not make it count! Sorry to see you change.
Posted By: NHNative @ 11/06/2007 9:41:12 AM
Comment: Your print redesign is terrible. Seriously. The font is hard to read, the articles seem jumbled and bunched together on some pages. Despite being a longtime subscriber, my wife and I dislike it so much that we have decided to switch to another newsmagazine. Your editor stated in his opening piece that no focus groups were used for the redesign, which we believe was a huge mistake as you would have found (we suspect) many other readers who feel the way we do and will not re-subscribe and instead try Time, US News, etc.
In addition, the Belief Watch section never should have been added as a weekly piece (maybe monthly if anything) and the Interview section at the end of the magazine (Nikki?) is beyond shameful for a magazine like Newsweek. Go back and read the past year and you'll see how ridiculous the questions are. Even the people being interviewed have replied and inquired 'What kind of interview is this!?" If I wanted an article like this then I'd subscribe to People or one of those magazines. Many quality people are interviewed so why not make it count! Sorry to see you change.
Posted By: spartan1961 @ 10/18/2007 4:26:19 PM
Comment: Another huge supporter of Fareed Zakaria here. His articles are among the best, most thought provoking, and content filled published anywhere. If anything should be dropped, it is the "conventional wisdom" wise guy. That is so "grade school."