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Charles Apple: The Visual Side of Journalism

 

‘A look at the day’s fronts’ archive

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March 1: A look at today’s notable tornado front pages (2)

Wow. Tornado season started early this year. Storms ripped through the Midwest late Tuesday… …and early Wednesday. Tornado reports are the red spots on these maps from the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. In total, 13 were left dead and scores were left homeless. Here’s a look at notable tornado aftermath pages from around the region. ———————————- BEST PAGE [...]

Feb. 28: How the Plain Dealer covered Monday’s high school shootings (6)

As you’ve heard by now, there was yet another horrific school shooting Monday. A total of five were shot. One died Monday. Two more passed away today. — PLAIN DEALER Cleveland, Ohio Circulation: 243,299 The Plain Dealer responded today in a big, big way with an awesome front page led by an awesome photo by staffer Thomas Ondrey. After the [...]

Feb. 27: A look at today’s Academy Awards front pages (3)

Oscars night is always huge for lovers of fine entertainment everywhere. Here’s a look at some of today’s notable Oscar ceremony front pages from Los Angeles and around the country… — DAILY NEWS Los Angeles, Calif. Circulation: 89,990 The Daily News placed the five individual big winners across the top of its front page and led that front with a [...]

Feb. 27: Seven notable Sunday front page displays

I was on the road this weekend, so I didn’t get much of a chance to spend as much time as I’d like looking though the gallery at the Newseum. There were a number of pages Sunday, however, to which I’d like to draw your attention… — SIOUX CITY JOURNAL Sioux City, Iowa Circulation: 33,837 The most interesting package of [...]

Feb. 20: A look at John Glenn 50th anniversary pages (1)

A number of papers out there have run packages over the past few days commemorating the flight of John Glenn, the first American in orbit. That happened 50 years ago today. Glenn wasn’t the first man in orbit, of course. That honor goes to Yuri Gagarin of what was then the Soviet Union. He flew one circuit around the Earth [...]

Feb. 12: Eight cleverly striking Sunday page-one visuals (1)

In addition to the John Glenn pages I wrote about earlier, here are eight clever or striking page one visuals of note on newspaper front pages today… — HUNTSVILLE TIMES Huntsville, Ala. Circulation: 44,462 Two years ago today in Huntsville, Ala., a former Biology instructor at the University of Alabama-Huntsville walked into a staff meeting with a gun. Three were [...]

Feb. 12: Two papers begin early 50th anniversary celebrations of John Glenn’s space flight

The 50th anniversary of America’s first astronaut in orbit won’t happen until Feb. 20 — that’s a week from tomorrow — yet two papers began their celebrations early with elaborate page-one displays today. — VINDICATOR Youngstown, Ohio Circulation: 44,952 Astronaut John Glenn was born in Cambridge, Ohio — a good 80 miles southwest of Youngstown — but his career as [...]

Feb. 8: A look at today’s GOP caucus front pages

There were two caucuses and one primary yesterday on the campaign trail for Republican presidential hopefuls. Everyone, of course, is reporting the stunning sweep by Rick Santorum. But consider this: Santorum picked up a total of 28 delegates Tuesday while Mitt Romney captured six. And those are non-binding delegates: They are free to change their votes at the Republican convention [...]

Feb. 7: Spoiled NFL wife makes for great tabloid fodder today (6)

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen — better known to some as the wife of New England Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady — made big sports news after the Super Bowl, it seems. The New York Daily News reports: When fans heckled the supermodel, crying out “Eli rules!” and “Eli owns your husband,” Bundchen kept a tight smile on her face and kept walking. [...]

Feb. 6: A look at today’s notable Super Bowl pages (4)

There was way too much similarity in choices of front-page Super Bowl art around the country. The best photo choices were made today by some of the nation’s largest papers. Here’s a look at some of the more notable pages of the day… ________________________________ REPRESENTING THE NEW YORK GIANTS — NEWSDAY Melville, N.Y. Circulation: 404,542 Newsday today wrapped its usual [...]

Feb. 2: How newspapers played the Facebook IPO on page one today (2)

Just a few papers had fun today with the announcement that Facebook is about ready for an Initial Public Offering — or IPO — of stock. This is expected to raise $5 billion or more for the company. — DAILY NEWS Palo Alto, Calif. Circulation: 18,500 The paper in Palo Alto led today with a picture of tourists standing beside [...]

Feb. 1: A lot of alliteration in Florida newspaper headlines today

No charts or maps were necessary today to show what happened in Tuesday’s Florida Republican primary. Mitt Romney won by 14.5 percentage points over Newt Gingrich. Which, apparently, qualifies as a good, old-fashioned ass-kicking. At least, that’s the impression you get by looking at today’s front-page headlines. Editors pulled out their “r” words to provide some alliteration for the victor. [...]

Jan. 30: How Florida papers played a horrific highway crash on page one

Just as everyone is gearing up for the big Republican primary in Florida tomorrow, big news breaks. A horrific crash on Interstate 75 just south of Gainesville, Fla., involved 12 cars and six semi trucks, killing 10 and injuring 21. This is the nightmare scenario for anyone who travels a lot on the nation’s interstate highways. It could happen to [...]

Jan. 29: Four interesting Sunday page-one photographs (5)

Here’s a look at four great pictures that made for intriguing page-one art today in U.S. newspapers… — VICTORIA ADVOCATE Victoria, Texas Circulation: 28,900 A beautiful Texas sunset. And… a pipeline? That picture by staffer Angeli Wright was lead art today for one of my favorite small newspapers, the Victoria Advocate. The story by Dianna Wray is about a new [...]

Jan. 29: How Florida papers played the upcoming GOP primary on page one today

Let’s take a look at front pages today in Florida that advance that state’s Republican primary on Tuesday… — HERALD-TRIBUNE Sarasota, Fla. Circulation: 63,864 My favorite front-page treatment of the day was this one by Sarasota. The stories emphasize the strategies employed by the candidates: 1) Don’t mention Social Security. And, if you’re Mitt Romney, 2) Take every opportunity to [...]

Jan. 26: I love it when science makes the front page

I’m sure you’ve been reading about the massive activity scientists are detecting on the sun lately. It’s not been strong enough — yet — to disrupt power grids or satellite communications. But it has created some spectacular nighttime displays — especially for you folks who live in the norther latitudes. This picture was taken by Rune Stoltz Bertinussen Tuesday night [...]

Jan. 25: A look at today’s State of the Union pages (1)

Here’s a look at some of today’s most notable State of the Union front pages. And a few not-so-notable ones as well… — WASHINGTON POST Washington, D.C. Circulation: 507,465 Not surprisingly, the Washington Post did a fabulous job with how it presented today’s State of the Union coverage. You get the feeling they’ve done this before. The lead picture — [...]

Jan. 23: A look at Monday’s NFL conference championship pages

Both conference championship games Sunday were very close. Let’s hope the Super Bowl is at least as interesting. In the meantime, here’s a look at a few of the day’s most notable NFL front pages, as seen at the Newseum… __________________________________________ NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS 23, BALTIMORE RAVENS 20 New England quarterback Tom Brady wasn’t clicking quite as well as usual [...]

Jan. 23: A look at today’s Joe Paterno pages (1)

Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno held on overnight Saturday but then passed away Sunday morning. Despite all the bad stuff we’ve reported over the past few weeks, Paterno was at Penn State many, many years — he was named head coach in 1966. He is the winningest coach in NCAA football history. And he’s a beloved figure in [...]

Jan. 22: How S.C. papers played their GOP primary results on page one

Poll numbers suggested that Newt Gingrich might win the Republican primary in South Carolina. I don’t think they suggested, however, just how big that win might be. A look at the day’s pages… — POST AND COURIER Charleston, S.C. Circulation: 82,261 “Rout” is right. That’s exactly what it was. And the decks on the two lead stories tell you why [...]

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