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On a Tuesday in late June, a moment in the news cycle was sealed in ink, as it is every night, for the first national edition of The New York Times.
If a reporter missed a deadline, or an editor in Manhattan hesitated with a headline, the newspaper might not reach readers — some of them thousands of miles away.
The day’s top story was the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Trump administration’s travel ban. It was placed on the front page alongside a 4,700-word investigation by Walt Bogdanich and Michael Forsythe into how the management consulting firm McKinsey became embroiled in a South African corruption scandal.
“It was just the regular crazy breaking stuff we were expecting,” said Amy Kelsey, deputy director of news design.
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