Talk to the Times
New York Times | Student Work
American mistrust in the media is at an all-time high.
The New York Times will make the news a two-way conversation with an experiential exhibit that allows the general public to speak to people who have lived through the stories we read everyday, proving the validity of the Times reporting through lived experiences.
Work developed in 2020.
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The exhibit features a framed series of photographs from a New York Times articles. Highlights from the articles are placed on the wall next to the photograph. The article highlights are meant to spark controversial conversation about a current event topic.
When a viewer says a controversial statement in front of the photo, such as "The New York Times is false, Obama started family separation," the photograph will raise to show a live feed of a person who's witnessed the story. Such as an ex-border control agent who served across both the Obama and Trump administrations. The witness can respond to the viewer by saying "I served across both administrations. Families were never separated under Obama. But I witnessed it happen until Trump, firsthand."
The viewer and the framed expert will be able to openly discuss the New York Times story.