The story from Chile and the story from the Virginia Hampton’s NASA people helping in Chile.
A great “glo-cal” front page.
Bravo!
(Via Charles Apple)
The rescue news from Chile arrived late to Europe so you will not find any major front page or coverage in today’s editions.
American newspaper had a better chance but in general the pattern was Big Pictures (TV was better) and Big Words (TV was better).
So, what we can expect tomorrow in the front pages of the best European newspapers?
Well, not too much.
They will try again the Big Pictures and Big Words easy game.
Ignoring that the rescue was a worldwide TV event and it’s going to be difficult to add new angles and clues to the big news of the day before…
Yes, I know that this is always difficult, but newspaper editors had many week in advance to plan for this magic moment.
TV did its work.
I watched BBC, News Sky News and CNN Chile and all of them did a superb job.
What European newspapers readers expect tomorrow is not to see again the same pictures, the same infographics, and the same news, but a more creative, analytical, pro-active and “news behind the news” stories.
But I doubt that our newspapers will do it.
Instead, like in music and as our grandmother will tell us when we were little ones, “if you don’t play well, at least play loud”
So expect more empty noise.
Like The Economist maps and charts, the BBC uses simple and clear infographics that tell the story.
And the same does The New York Times team (Erin Aigner, Joe Burgess, Alicia Desantis, Xaquin G.V., Sergio Pecanha, Archie Tse and Charlie Williams) with these ones.
Seven people covering the Chile story with graphics, and one regional correspondent covering the tragedy… from Rio de Janeiro!
They are called “regional correspondents”.
What a shame!
The NewYork Times covers Chile… from Brazil.
Well the distance between Rio and Santiago is only 1814.31 miles…
It’s like covering Spain from Russia.
That’s the first problem.
The second is the second class content of the dispatch from Rio.
Alexei Barrionuevo reports quoting… Associated Press, Chile’s TVN Cable, the Department of Homeland Security, CNN International, Mrs. Bachelet statements, Facebook and Twitter messages, The White House press secretary, Reuters…
So here we have the most important daily newspaper of the world serving a “mix salad” of second hand news where Eric Lipton contributed reporting from Washington, and Charles Newbery from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Alexei Barrionuevo reported from Rio de Janeiro, and Liz Robbins from New York.
You better follow Twitter real witnesses, than these journalism bureaucrats.
(BBC map)
The quake struck at 0634 GMT about 91km (56 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion and 317km south-west of the capital, Santiago.
La Tercera is online.
El Mercurio not at this time.
But Twitter is in full speed.
Here in English (QUAKECHILE)
Here in Spanish (TERREMOTOCHILE).
One of the first pictures from Santiago on Twitpic.
TV Chile is live here.
A possible Tsunami travel times map.
Here the last tsunami warning.
The breakingnews on CNN.
AP reports:
Many Spaniards were so amused when their king told Venezuela’s president to “shut up” they want to hear the words every time their phone rings.mobile phone ringtone featuring the phrase “Por que no te callas?” or “Why don’t you shut up?”
That’s what King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez during a heated confrontation at a summit in Chile last week.
The ringtone is thought to have generated around $2.2 million for the companies selling it, El Pais said.
T-shirts and mugs featuring the words are also becoming a profitable business, and videos of the confrontation have been a hit on the YouTube Web site…
“The king said what Venezuelans have wanted to say to Chavez’s face for a long time,” said Jenny Romero, 21, a student…
The spat last week began when Chavez repeatedly called former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar a “fascist.”
Spain‘s current prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, asked Chavez to be more diplomatic and show respect for other leaders.
As Chavez repeatedly tried to interrupt, King Juan Carlos leaned forward and said: “Why don’t you shut up?”
The instant, viral, political marketing popularity of King Juan Carlos comes when the monarch’s role was questioned inside of Spain.
This politically incorrect expression has made the King into a popular figure inside and outside his country.
He confronted the clown like a circus ring’s master.
Well done!
