Why is it that the Wall Street Journal (not counting advertisements) never uses photographs, but ink drawings instead? I would imagine drawings to be incredibly time-consuming.
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
Notice also that the layout is pretty much unchanged from the beginning (six columns, etc). About a hundred years ago this was the standard layout. Most other newspapers have updated their look; the Journal has not. Another thing you’ll notice when you read is that they rarely (if ever) refer to a person by last name only–it’s alway Mr. X, Ms. Y.
The layout of the journal is personally one of the things I like about it so much. Everything is presented in normal text without huge headlines eating up all of the content.
You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
–Lyndon B. Johnson
The Wall Street Journal does publish photographs with stories. You’ll generally catch them in section B (Marketing).
The drawings are generally limited to portraits of people they are writing about.
You’re right about the WSJ layout. Looks the same today that Vol 1 No 1 did.
I think it’s just part of their “We’re a serious business publication” image. Looking at the front page, you can almost hear teletypes clacking away in the background.
The WSJ changed its format a few years ago, adding some new sections. My favorite part of the paper is the, well, funny story every day on the front page. Okay, it’s only funny in relation to everything else in the paper, but check out column four (I think)every day. There’s another on in section two, below the fold, columns one and two. They have a sense of humor.