CN Design Trims Print

Putting local news up front is something a lot of newspapers are doing nowadays. Maybe it's because national and world news streams towards us all day on radio, television, computers and devices such as Blackberry. By the next day when the paper is delivered, we have heard and digested all the major stories. But what happened locally? That's what we really want to know and the newspaper is where we find stories like the abducted guy who calls the cops on his cell phone from the trunk of a car.

So what else is different about the new design? We put our Pinocchio tape measure on the case.

Aha! The print portion now spans 10 inches instead of 11. The paper is still the same width, but many newspapers are shrinking in physical size because newsprint, the big rolls of paper used for printing, is becoming more and more expensive. Look for more changes as the dailies strategize for survival.

--Bernice Paglia