To our readers:
We’re excited! After many months of work, today we’re debuting the fresh new design of our print edition. We hope it looks cleaner, more inviting, and offers readers a few more features.
Turn this page to find the biggest new thing: Page A3 is now called “In The Know,” a page dedicated to the most important regional, national and international news stories of the day. Readers tell us they are particularly interested in Washington state news, and this is a way to showcase it, rather than leave it on Page C2. To make room, you’ll now find the New York Times Crossword and the People column on Page D2.
We’re also changing the days some of our Life sections appear. The main reason for doing this is to publish local content earlier in the week to give readers at least one day’s warning about local events that are coming up, rather than a few hours. The new lineup is today, Health; Tuesday, Home & Garden plus a page of science; Wednesday, Food; Thursday, local life and music; Friday, local life and pets; Saturday, Community. Community is the new name for the Neighbors section, which readers told us was confusing. The content, which is traditional community news, will remain the same. Finally, Sunday Life will not change.
Some features in the Life section are switching pages. Comics will appear on Page D5, and the D5 puzzles and TV grid will be on Page D4. We did this so that our two crossword puzzles are still printed on different sheets of paper, in case both spouses like to work them at the same time.
