Tuesday 11/1/11

One question: where are the quotes? I read the article about the trials in Haiti, and the first quote they have was five paragraphs into the article. I liked the lede, it definitely made me interested to read about the "legal spectacle" in Haiti. However, there were only two quotes in the first big chunk of text in the article (on Page One). In the Cain harassment article, there wasn't a quote until five paragraphs in again, and it was only a partial quote at that. Six words from Cain, then the reader has to turn to another page. I've noticed that the Times has issues with getting their quotes a.s.a.p. after the lede. It makes the articles a little boring, and makes them take forever to get started.