Here’s my story from today’s front page, on a new edition of Shakespeare’s plays aimed at people who use the word “crunk” in daily conversation. I never thought I’d use the words “Juliet is a hotty” on the front page of The Dallas Morning News. I wonder how my ex-girlfriend Juliet will react to picking up today’s paper.

(Aside: At the start of the year, I set a goal of getting 35 page 1 stories in 2002 — this is No. 35, just in the nick of time. No. 36 is coming Tuesday.)

I’m off to Louisiana through Wednesday.

(Update: Just realized I had another short piece in today’s paper.)

21 December 2002

Comments

21 December | 14:03 | Karen

That's amazing, Josh. :) 35 front page stories AND tv time! Soon it will be all-josh, all-the-time at the DMN

21 December | 15:20 | EricaLucci

Congratulations on reaching your goal!! You rock! (Though I still don't read any of your stories.) Heh.

Have a great trip.

26 December | 15:39 | Lisa

Bravo for you, dear Josh. But all I really care about is getting news I can use. And with Romeo and Juliet around the corner for me, number 35 will be a fun piece to share with all those 14-year-olds who just don't think I'm cool ... or tight ... or whatever. Well, I'm not. But my friend Josh is.

06 January | 12:29 | christy

Did you set your front-page goal by using your Franklin Covey planner? Surely you must have.

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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)