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Chris Stanford

@stanfordc

An editor for the @nytimes in Seoul. Alum of @washingtonpost, @UGAGrady and @redandblack.

 Seoul, South Korea
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Joined May 2008
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Theodore Kim@TheoTypes15 Nov 2023
Budding Journalists: Do you have questions about The New York Times Fellowship? (I know you do because I've been getting your many, many emails and messages). @pinkgrammar and I are doing an AMA for @nytimes on Reddit this Friday. Watch for details soon.
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Congratulations to Chris Stanford on his new role as deputy editor of the Home team in Seoul. nytco.com/press/chris-stanfo…
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.@stanfordc, an editor in the London newsroom, wrote today’s Wordle Review. He starts with RAISE every day. “That many of my fellow Wordle reviewers seem to use a different starting word every day fills me with a slightly horrified awe.” nyti.ms/3sTLEIP
Today’s Wordle Review (Published 2023)

Today’s Wordle Review (Published 2023)

Our columnist reviews the day’s puzzle. Warning: Contains spoilers!

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Breaking News: Tony Bennett, whose interpretations of musical standards helped spread the American songbook around the world, died at 96. nyti.ms/3OmXd3c
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“I’m trying to get a full-time job, which has been a whirlwind. I’ve applied to over 50 jobs. In college I did a fair number of internships so this wouldn’t happen, but it’s still happening.” nytimes.com/2023/07/19/busin…
Working 9 to 5, Hopefully (Published 2023)

Working 9 to 5, Hopefully (Published 2023)

“In college I was looking forward to becoming an adult, and now I’m here and it’s horrible.” Seventeen 2023 graduates show and tell us how they feel about entering the work force.

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Dysfunctional pockets of local government in big cities get a lot of attention because they impact a lot of people and draw media scrutiny, but in small places with less scrutiny bad stuff happens to — potentially more of it. nytimes.com/2023/07/19/us/mi…
Where the Sheriff Is King, These Women Say He Coerced Them Into Sex (Published 2023)

Where the Sheriff Is King, These Women Say He Coerced Them Into Sex (Published 2023)

Sheriff Eddie Scott has been the top lawman in rural Clay County, Miss., for more than a decade despite repeated allegations.

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@voxdotcom18 Jul 2023
The fate of human telephone operators thrown out of work when call switching became automatic tells us something important about what might happen to jobs automated away by AI. vox.com/future-perfect/2023/…
Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.

Telephone operation was a good career for women. Then it got automated.

How automation wiped out a whole career for young women — and how young women adapted.

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A 🧵, 38 years in the making. Today is my last day @NPR after, yep, nearly four decades. It's impossible to sum up what these years have meant, but indulge me as I share some stories that have been among the most memorable for me… 1/
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A woman in Michigan was struggling with her asthma amid the smoke from the wildfires in Canada: “I feel like I’m wearing a belt that’s too tight around my neck.” Follow live updates: nytimes.com/live/2023/06/28/…
Wildfire Smoke: Smoke From Canadian Fires Blankets Great Lakes Region (Published 2023)

Wildfire Smoke: Smoke From Canadian Fires Blankets Great Lakes Region (Published 2023)

Residents in the region were urged to remain indoors, weeks after similarly dangerous air choked the Northeast.

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Lewis Capaldi announced on Tuesday that he would take a break from touring “for the foreseeable future,” including the remainder of his current world tour, in order to adjust to life with Tourette’s syndrome, with which he was diagnosed last year. nyti.ms/3NuHSvP
Diagnosed With Tourette’s, Lewis Capaldi Takes a Break From Touring (Published 2023)

Diagnosed With Tourette’s, Lewis Capaldi Takes a Break From Touring (Published 2023)

After performing at Glastonbury Festival over the weekend, Capaldi, the popular Scottish singer-songwriter, said he would stop touring “for the foreseeable future.”

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Britain’s National Portrait Gallery reopened Thursday after a three-year, $55-million renovation. nyti.ms/3Np8Q83
With Slashed Funding, British Museums Turn to Philanthropy (Published 2023)

With Slashed Funding, British Museums Turn to Philanthropy (Published 2023)

Britain’s National Portrait Gallery reopened Thursday after a three-year, $53-million renovation. Raising the money in the current climate was tough.

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Karl Stanley knew something was wrong when he heard a loud cracking sound during a dive aboard the Titan in 2019. He emailed Stockton Rush the next day, an email he has now shared with @jggross. nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/ti…
Submersible Expert Raised Safety Concerns After 2019 Trip on Titan (Published 2023)

Submersible Expert Raised Safety Concerns After 2019 Trip on Titan (Published 2023)

After hearing a loud cracking sound during the dive, the expert, Karl Stanley, emailed OceanGate’s C.E.O., Stockton Rush, to urge him to hold off on future trips.

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Freed from the paywall: nytimes.com/2023/06/23/us/ti…
Submersible Expert Raised Safety Concerns After 2019 Trip on Titan (Gift Article)

Submersible Expert Raised Safety Concerns After 2019 Trip on Titan (Gift Article)

After hearing a loud cracking sound during the dive, the expert, Karl Stanley, emailed OceanGate’s C.E.O., Stockton Rush, to urge him to hold off on future trips.

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Anushka Patil@anushkapatil21 Jun 2023
Reporting from a rabbithole: Wendy Rush, OceanGate comms director and wife of CEO/pilot Stockton Rush, is the great-great-grandchild of Titanic victims Isidor and Ida Straus. Fictionalized versions of them were seen in the James Cameron movie. nyti.ms/3Jsuojg
Submersible Pilot’s Spouse Is Descended From a Famous Titanic Couple (Gift Article)

Submersible Pilot’s Spouse Is Descended From a Famous Titanic Couple (Gift Article)

Wendy Rush is a great-great-granddaughter of the retailing magnate Isidor Straus and his wife, Ida, two of the wealthiest people to die aboard the ocean liner.

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How a quirky article on Pink Floyd & The Wizard of Oz that I wrote in 1995, as a 19 year old, helped foster one of the first instances of internet culture crossing over to the mainstream — & has haunted my career as a legal & national security journalist. nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
Pink Floyd, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and Me (Published 2023)

Pink Floyd, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and Me (Published 2023)

The inside story of a Times reporter’s strange role in a foundational moment in early internet culture: “The Dark Side of the Rainbow.”

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New: Years before its sub went missing in the Atlantic, OceanGate faced warnings from experts about its plan to launch a new hallmark mission taking wealthy passengers on a tour of the Titanic's wreckage. (No paywall. w/ @jggross @annabettss @ByMikeBaker) nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/oc…
OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission (Gift Article)

OceanGate Was Warned of Potential for ‘Catastrophic’ Problems With Titanic Mission (Gift Article)

Experts inside and outside the company warned of potential dangers and urged the company to undergo a certification process.

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@nytimes16 Jun 2023
Breaking News: Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked the Pentagon Papers and disclosed the secret history of American lies in Vietnam, has died at 92. nyti.ms/3Ny16C1
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Consumer prices in Sweden fell last month from the month before, but not as much as expected. The start of Beyoncé’s world tour, in Stockholm, might have had an effect. nytimes.com/2023/06/15/busin… By @eshelouise
The Unexpected Beyoncé Effect: Hotter Inflation (Published 2023)

The Unexpected Beyoncé Effect: Hotter Inflation (Published 2023)

As fans from around the world spent money to witness the kickoff of the star’s tour in Sweden, they may have caused the country’s inflation rate to stay higher than expected.

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NYT Obituaries@NYTObits15 Jun 2023
Roger S. Payne, a biologist whose recording of whale songs inspired a conservation movement, has died at 88. nyti.ms/3CsvDuD

Roger Payne, Biologist Who Heard Whales Singing, Dies at 88 (Published 2023)

His underwater microphones recorded “Songs of the Humpback Whale,” inspiring a movement that led to national and international bans on commercial whaling.

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@PippaCrerar15 Jun 2023
💥Quite something from evidence bundle… No 10 was “like an island oasis of normality” during pandemic with bday parties, leaving drinks & wine-time Fridays. Staff warned to be “mindful” of cameras but “all a pantomime” which was “part of a wider culture” of rule-breaking.
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