MC 2242 - News Reporting & Writing

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2. Click on "Publications" in the upper left corner of the screen.
3. Search for "new yorker."

Editorial Traditions

• Profiles - articles about notable people
• Goings on About Town - listing of cultural and entertainment events in New York
• The Talk of the Town - brief frequently humorous pieces of life in New York
• Cartoons

Style

• signature display typeface, Irvin, named after its creator, the designer-illustrator Rea Irvin
• body text is set in Adobe Caslon
• placement of diaeresis marks in words with repeating vowels—such as reëlected, preëminent and coöperate
• spells out the names of numerical amounts

Readership

• average household income of The New Yorker readers in 2009 was $109,877

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The Library has access to the New Yorker from 2004 to present.

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