Daily · Taipei, Taiwan
The Lantern
Since 1958 · foreign@thelantern.test
The Lantern is a Taipei daily with a culture front that still edits by hand. It takes A+PLUS features when the reporting can stand without the pictures.
Mei Tan, who edits the international pages, usually reads it first. The paper writes its own headline and a shorter introduction, then links to our short version.
A daily newspaper. When they publish one of our stories, they write their own headline and use our short version as the article.
Email themStories they published
- The coat that refused a campaign
Maison Virelle sent twelve ivory coats to three cities and declined every billboard. The press was invited to watch a tailor work.
How they ran this story - A frequency you can only hear on the salt
Harbor & Rye took a quiet coastal band in Kaohsiung and put the summer on it. There is no stream. That is the product.
How they ran this story - The greenhouse above the shop floor
Kei Botanics and Hall & Mercer opened a members' atrium in Taipei. You reach the plants the long way, through ribbons and buttons.
How they ran this story - An anthem you can only hear facing the water
Pulse Audio and the harbor festival hid a piece of music on a Kaohsiung pier. Turn around, and it thins out. That is the composition.
How they ran this story