The Nyt Obituaries As A Mirror Of Society Reflecting The Triumphs And Tragedies Of Our Time - In the aftermath of 11 september 2001, the new york times began publishing “portraits of grief,” small sketches recalling the lives of individuals lost in the terrorist attacks. Launched on international women’s day 2025 with the aim of addressing the gendered and racialised inequalities inherent in obituary selection, the project attempts to rectify the nyt’s. Obituaries serve important social functions; They announce death, but more importantly, allow the living to shape how the dead are remembered. By considering the obituary as an artifact of metajournalism, this study aims to elaborate on how metajournalism reflects the lived experiences of journalists. Re “in farewell address, biden warns of an ‘oligarchy’ taking shape in america” (news article, nytimes. com, jan. On wednesday night, from the oval office in. Margalit fox and bruce er have each written more than a thousand obituaries for the new york times. Their subjects have ranged from celebrities and politicians to, as. Since 1851, obituaries in the new york times have been dominated by white men. Now, we’re adding the stories of other remarkable people. Obituary writing is more about life. This study examines how journalists' own discourse invoked the mirror as a metaphor and how this discourse related to the broader cultural understanding about the nature of mirrors.
In the aftermath of 11 september 2001, the new york times began publishing “portraits of grief,” small sketches recalling the lives of individuals lost in the terrorist attacks. Launched on international women’s day 2025 with the aim of addressing the gendered and racialised inequalities inherent in obituary selection, the project attempts to rectify the nyt’s. Obituaries serve important social functions; They announce death, but more importantly, allow the living to shape how the dead are remembered. By considering the obituary as an artifact of metajournalism, this study aims to elaborate on how metajournalism reflects the lived experiences of journalists.