Los Angeles Times: Second USA Today Editor Resigns Amid Scandal

Update: Remaining USA Today Employees Still Working on Flashy “Scandal” Graphic.

Washington, DC—In the days following the Jack Kelly scandal, staffers have been struggling to produce a dynamic, informative scandal graphic that will adequately convey Mr. Kelly’s impact on the newspaper. “Managing Editor Hal Ritter just resigned,” said USA Today artist Dianne Eckley, “so we were thinking of doing some sort of resignation graph, but then we have quotes from the Washington Post claiming a virus of fear and then claiming editorial laryngitis… we might do something when Jonathan Weisman gets to complaining about a head cold of fear but, man, this is difficult.” Other staffers are arguing over the merits of bar graphs vs. pie charts and open illustrations, such as the Jack Kelly fake story timeline. Presently, only a few graphics, including the “How much do we hate ourselves” graphic and the “Are we really sorry… oh yes, we’re really sorry” graphic have been prepared for production. “I like the last one” said Eckley “It’s much better than the ‘Why did we believe the story about Napalm Matches’ bar graph.”

- posted by JB @ 6:55 AM