{"id":6578,"date":"2017-01-24T18:32:11","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T18:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=6578"},"modified":"2017-01-18T18:33:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T18:33:24","slug":"linked-decades-in-the-making-fidel-castros-obituary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/01\/24\/linked-decades-in-the-making-fidel-castros-obituary\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Decades in the Making: Fidel Castro\u2019s Obituary&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:3462,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/interactive\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/29\\\/insider\\\/fidel-castros-obituary.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250720205332\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.nytimes.com\\\/interactive\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/29\\\/insider\\\/fidel-castros-obituary.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:14:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 04:14:14&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2016\/11\/29\/insider\/fidel-castros-obituary.html\">via NYTimes<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>For years, as we weathered one scare after another that Fidel Castro had died, I kept the Cuba plan close at hand. We had lists of every Times reporter who either had experience with or family ties to Cuba. Some would go straight to Miami; others would try various routes to Cuba, even though no one had visas. The former executive editor, Bill Keller, and I made a pilgrimage to Havana in 2009 to plead for better access, to no avail, although I did have my copy of \u201cLove in the Time of Cholera\u201d signed by Gabriel Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez, a career highlight.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>At the Times, there\u2019s a team who has the job of managing obituaries that should, at all times, be ready to post in the event of someone\u2019s confirmed passing. This is a remarkable view into the process of keeping the obituary up to date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via NYTimes: For years, as we weathered one scare after another that Fidel Castro had died, I kept&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1I6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6117,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/23\/linked-want-to-attract-more-readers-try-listening-to-them\/","url_meta":{"origin":6578,"position":0},"title":"Linked: Want to Attract More Readers? Try Listening to Them","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"via NYTimes: The paper has already made some meaningful steps in this direction. But adapting to changing reader tastes may not be easy for The Times, a name synonymous with trust and quality, but also with stuffiness and a rather muzzled sense of humor. After all, it still clings to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6420,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/12\/08\/linked-baby-this-song-is-for-you\/","url_meta":{"origin":6578,"position":1},"title":"Linked: &#8220;Baby, This Song Is For You&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"December 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"YouTube\u2026I\u2019ve always had a disdain for pop songs that use the word \u201cbaby\u201d. Pet names are ridiculous but calling a grown adult baby simply doesn\u2019t make sense and the pop-world uses this term as a default. Start counting how many times baby is said. It\u2019s like 10-15 times per song.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5165,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/15\/gary-allen-has-passed-away\/","url_meta":{"origin":6578,"position":2},"title":"Gary Allen has Passed Away","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In my little world, the bloggers are the rock stars. I love to see people who have a huge passion for something. Gary had a passion for Apple Stores. 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