‘In a marketplace where content and quality once drove consumer decisions, the newspaper now competes visually in a design-savvy, 24-hour free-information age.’

‘… we need to find a way to be both passionate about a subject and dispassionate about its effects and influences on our own country.’

‘This should not be a discussion of how to graft the latest onto the existing.’

‘Evelyn Waugh’s book can’t be read without thinking of today’s wars and how reporters cover them.’

‘… objectivity is a newsroom issue we’ve tackled head-on since the first few days after Katrina hit.’

The challenge involves adjusting to the new rigors of the practice and getting students to think in digital ways.

‘We have become tougher, more aggressive, more skeptical reporters due, at least in part, to the fact that we have a rooting interest in the outcome.’

‘I found the timeline of the city’s renaissance in mundane details and in revealing what daily rituals were still altered.’

After embracing ‘the value of persistent patience,’ an editor shares what he learned in the transformation of the newsroom and the place he calls home.

‘As it turns out, many of the systemic failures that plagued the Gulf Coast during and after Katrina should have been predicted ….’