Is The Inde Still Independent?
September 24th, 2008 by Mark Hanson 
Is it me or do newspaper revamps seem to come round more regularly these days? I do like a good redesign, it means freshness even if regular readers bombard the letters pages with complaints about not being able to find the Obituaries column.
The Independent relaunched this week and Roy Greenslade, the doyen of reviewing these things, critiques here.
The editorial penned by new editor, Roger Alton, on page 2 of yesterday’s launch edition made much of the new colour presses that will churn out the Inde from now on. There’s also reference to the use of photography to make stories come alive.
Could this be the same Roger Alton who has told one of his section editors that he can no longer commission photography because the paper can’t afford it? This particular journalist is now reduced to begging product providers to embellish stories with images in return for favours in the section.
So despite all the fanfare is the Inde still Independent?
Tags: cost-cutting, Relaunch of the Independent, revamp of the Independent, Roger Alton, Roy Greenslade
