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From: NYTimes.com To: [email protected] Subject: Times Insider: Highlights From the Week Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 14:01:02 +0000 View in Browser Add nyldirece§nytimes.com to your address hoc.: R The New York Times gT, he New York Times Saturday. March 25. 2017 NYTimes.com/Insider » EFTA00714722  irhe newsroom, as seen through the courtyard at the New York Times building on Thursday afternoon. The newsroom, as seen through the courtyard at the New York Times building on Thursday afternoon. Stephen Nattier/The New York Times Hello Insiders, Are we living in highly unusual times? Is this news cycle unprecedented? Are we in uncharted waters? This week we look at the increasing frequency with which these phrases have turned up in The Times. Is this warranted? Will "highly unusual" eventually become business as usual? Read! Moving from highly unusual to highly dangerous: In the heart of the newsroom in Midtown Manhattan, the reporter David Dunlap has set up a Timeseum, its current display a nod to the journalists at The Times who put themselves in harm's way. Shown there are a fragment of a Scud missile, two pieces of an American-guided bomb, and a bulletproof vest, among other items. The collection serves as a reminder that Times journalists around the world sometimes have to put on body armor just to walk out their front door. We'll be writing more about the Timeseum in the weeks to come, but you can start getting acquainted with it now. Read! Finally, to those of you who got in touch with us last week for a Times Truth button — and there were a lot of you — thank you! Winners will receive a notification soon. At the time, we asked you to tell us your favorite section of the paper. Nearly a quarter of you voted for the Opinion section. Around 17 percent liked the A section and the front page/home page best. Politics was the next most popular section. One reader wrote: "Really? Like asking which kid I like best" — to which we say, it's O.K. to love them all. We do! Until next week, Francesca Donner Times Insider What to Read Now EFTA00714723 ;1 t ondoners gathered at Trafalgar Square for a candlelight vigil on Thursday. Londoners gathered at Trafalgar Square for a candlelight vigil on Thursday. Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times Big Ben Still Tolled By STEPIIEN FARRELL A London native who sped by motorcycle to cover the terrorist attack at Parliament recounts the mix of emotions it evoked. INSIDER PODCASTS Good, Bad and Mad: Andrew Rosenthal on the News By SUSAN LEIIMAN The opinion columnist Andrew Rosenthal on the assault on climate protections, the Russian collusion saga, and Republican governors. In the Heart of the Newsroom, a Nod to Journalists in Harm's Way .•'llui'llluN1111.1Ni.R A conference room on the third floor of The New York Times building has been repurposed as a small museum. What Happens When a Reporter Knocks on Doors? Sometimes, She Gets Her Story By SUSANNE CRAlt: Knock knock. Did you hear the one about how investigative reporter Susanne Craig got her first page one story? Dan Barry: Way Back With Jimmy Breslin By DAN BARRY Times columnist Dan Barry•'s 2009 tribute to Jimmy Breslin, who died over the weekend. EFTA00714724 Reporting and Filming in an Ice Cave 11% CRAM' S '1\11111 Because of the difference in temperature under the ice, our lenses fogged and then froze. How a Grenade in a Playpen Led to an Investigative Project By STEPIIEN / III.TNER A botched search in Georgia in zo14 that injured a child inspired Kevin Sack's extensive study of forcible-entry raids, in which over go people have died. The Swallowed Cigarette Butt and Other Legends of President Duterte By MCIIARD C. PADDOCK In uncovering the real backstory of President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, the truth is hard to pin down. What We're Reading Great reads around the web, from Pamela Paul, Ron Nixon and others. `Highly Unusual': The New Business as Usual? 11), Sl S.1\11 111.11\ Phrases like "uncharted waters" and "unprecedented" have popped up with increasing frequency since President Trump took office. EFTA00714725 Saint Mattis's Forces in Combat Against Harassment B) DA)1.11111.11'1's An online fight against posting of women's nude photos by male groups of Marines and veterans has been fortified by criticism of the practice by Jim Mattis, a cult figure in the corps. LOOKING BACK Things No Reader Should Have to See By DAVID W. DUNLAP Hot type or cold, computerized or not, we have found ways to send mixed messages to an unintended audience. 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