Some News Organizations Have Hundreds of Obituaries Ready to Publish

By Angela Fu for Poynter On Sept. 8 at 6:30 p.m. in London, the royal family announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died. Less than two hours later, the Guardian published a 7,000-word obituary. That obituary was 10 years in the making. “The Guardian ​​— I suspect like other newspapers as the queen grew pretty […]