Former New York Times Art Director Talks of ‘All the Art That's Fit to Print (and Some That Wasn't)’
Jerelle Kraus spent 30 years at the Times, nearly half on the op-ed page
WHAT: Lecture by Jerelle Kraus, “All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t),” sponsored by the School of Communication, Information and Library Studies (SCILS) at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
WHO: Jerelle Kraus, former art director at the New York Times and author of All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside the New York Times Op-Ed Page
WHERE: Remigio U. Pane Room, Alexander Library, Rutgers University, 169 College Avenue, New Brunswick, N.J.
WHEN: 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 4
BACKGROUND: The recent controversy surrounding a New York Post cartoon lampooning President Obama’s policies in a way that many African-Americans found offensive highlights the impact of images – photos, cartoons and illustrations – as part of the news. Jerelle Kraus will discuss why some of her illustrations made it into print and some did not and will share some of the illustrations censored by her Times editors. Her insider anecdotes include the reasons one editor stopped the presses to kill a feature by Garry Trudeau, the creator of the Doonesbury comic strip; why one reporter expressed a desire to see Henry Kissinger hanged; and Kraus’ tale of surviving two-and-a-half hours alone with Richard Nixon. The lecture is the second of three delivered at SCILS by key present or former staffers at the New York Times. The first such lecture, on Feb. 4, explored the impact of new media on journalism and featured Nick Bilton, of the New York Times’ research and development organization. The third will be announced soon.
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