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Vol. I · No. 1Prolonging the Slow Death of NewspapersEst. 2026

The Best Of The Best

Everyone does recaps. I couldn't resist. From tense debate on story forms to The Day of the Rope, here are the top 12 Gangrey posts of the year, according to the number of comments they drew. Enjoy.

No. 12. 12 comments. October 5. A story about a frivolous lawsuit sparks some talk about what we should really be writing about.

No. 11. 12 comments. From July 18. A question is raised about low salaries and the impact on newspapers. Kruse bites. Then snake bites. Then Kruse comes back. Then Snake delivers the funniest thing ever to make it on Gangrey and one of the highlights of my year: "we probably can't do much to reverse industry wage trends. but we don't have to chide rookies for noticing…

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