New York Times Dedicates Sunday Front Page Solely To Coronavirus Victims

Print subscribers to the The New York Times woke up today to a solemn front-page design: A list of victims who lost their lives to COVID-19 and a small glimpse into each of their lives.

The Grey Lady released a preview of the front page latnight, which quickly went viral on social media. The list includes the name, age and hometown of 1,000 coronavirus victims, along with a short description of each person.

An example of how The Times portrayed one victim: “Romi Cohn, 91, New York City, saved 56 Jewish families from the Gestapo.”

Nine hundred ninety-nine more victims are featured in the same fashion — name, age and hometown. But the sentence describing each victim is unique to them.

Josh Crutchmer, The New York Times print planning editor, tweeted that the project was assembled from the nearly 100,000 obituaries of Americans who have died from the coronavirus.

An explanation behind the reasoning of the project by the newspaper can be found here.

{Matzav.com}