There might have been a canon of cool — Velvets, Miles, Rakim, etc — but it seems compromised now by the light-speed news cycle and a fragmented audience.
Unfortunately, though, the pressure at The Times to produce in a high-speed news environment sometimes leads to much less careful work.
As rescuers arrive at the scene, Brian Gibbons, the son of a farm owner, is nearly killed by a speeding news van, but Rory pulls him back at the last second.
Getting up early is nothing new, but the lightning speed of news on the Internet and the proliferation of outlets like Politico, which place a premium on "winning" the day, has made the job more demanding and pushed the mornings ever earlier.
The speed of news updates seemed to be a big draw.
"Unmentioned Energy Fix: A 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit" (news article, May 1) makes a lot of sense.
As wireless communications revolutionized the accessibility and speed of news from faraway places, The Times leaped on the advantages.
At a time when digital filmmaking makes it easier to speed the news into theaters, it's also harder to keep pace with it.
Sebastian Faulks has revealed that he's shifted his next novel, featuring a London banker, to the recent past because of the speed of news.
