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Just want reach — i mean, it's sort of good for our prestige and our public interest role when scoops get followed up and widely reported. but we also want to serve our readers and, you know, once upon a time, the metric of a decent story was whether it was discussed on the andrew marr show or whether it got on the front page. now we have these terrifying acronyms like dti — our dwell time index — which... dwell time index! everyone listening is jotting that one down. yeah, absolutely. that acronym basically denotes whether people are making it to the end of our stories. i mean, we often...

On the front page. now we have these terrifying acronyms like dti, our dwell time index, which... dwell time index! everyone listening is jotting that one down. yeah, absolutely. that acronym basically denotes whether people are making it to the end of our stories. i mean, we often feel like we're doing things that are important, but occasionally, you know, we'll dedicate a lot of column space or pixel space to a piece and it transpires the readers don't necessarily care as much as we'd like them to. so a dti — sounds a bit like a completion rate on a video. same thing, i guess. absolutely. ...

Are scoops still the pre—eminent form in your newsroom? i mean, it�*s really interesting. so sunday times, one of a number of publications, it has a paywall. so we don�*tjust want reach. i mean, it�*s sort of good for our prestige and our public interest role when scoops get followed up and widely reported. but we also want to serve our readers. and, you know, once upon a time, the metric of a decent story was what whether it was discussed on the andrew marr show or whether it got on the front page. now we have these terrifying acronyms like dti, our dwell time index. everyone listenin...

Up most of my column space today to introduce you to a 12-year-old girl in yemen who weighs just 28 pounds. nothing i write can be as searing or as persuasive or true as she is in this photo. nicholas kristoff joins us. you're right, that picture is just gripping. you were there about a week ago, among the people who are suffering. who kind of impact did your visit to yemen, to seeing this with your own eyes firsthand, have on you? >> ana, i've covered a lot of famine and malnutrition over the years. this is different. typically it's caused by drought or weather. this is caused by war, and a w...

The brutal killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. here's the thing. it doesn't matter what happened in the senate today because outgoing house speaker paul ryan added a rule to the farm bill this week that blocks debate on u.s. policy in yemen. which is amazing, because this isn't just saudi arabia's war or a proxy war between iran and saudi arabia. it's the world's most serious humanitarian crisis and the united states is complicit in it. the u.s. not only doesn't sanction saudi arabia for participating in it, it doesn't just tacitly support saudi arabia. the united states and your tax dollar...