Needless to say, the New York Times newspaper is messy. There is no hierarchy. the search bar at the top of the web page changes when you go from section to section, and the articles are sporadic. It seems to me that much of the information could very well be consolidated so as to make it much easier to navigate through the website. The way it is now, if you wanted to find or re-find a particular, it will be much more difficult than it needs to be. However NYT does make use of the search bar which is handy if you know what you are looking for.
It is helpful that sometimes the different option bars (for choosing major topics) are in more places than one, but they take different forms in different places. consistency is the key.
They try to show too much information at the same time — however many lines they make to section things off, it's still a lot of information that is see all at once. Things can be more compartmentalized. however it is important to keep minimal links (clicks) and it is most helpful to use certain conventions such as scroll boxes within the windows.
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