It's been interesting to see how various newspapers handled the election in their papers today. Once again, Newseum's collection of front pages is an interesting study of what different papers did. Some of my favorites that I found on Newseum were posted on NewsDesigner.com in the post "That Election Thing." And Charles Apple, Graphics Director for The Virginian-Pilot gave his comments on a few of them as well for the American Press Institute.
Almost all papers refused to declare a winner.
Some went with a more tentative route such as "Bush leads," "Too close to call," or "Down to the wire." Several played with "deja vu" with "Deja Who?" or "Deja Vote." Many referred to Ohio or waiting for the final count. And a few tried to play it safe, saying Kerry wouldn't concede. They got burned a few hours after publication. Some skirted the issue by giving more attention to more localized races.
Yahoo News had a list of 20 newspapers and their presidential endorsements. It would be interesting--and I'm not taking the time to do so for all of them--to see what their Nov. 3 front pages were. And for that matter, to see how the vote went in their geographic area.
Below are links to a few front pages that caught my eye.
Detroit Free Press: Still waiting for some copy when sent to Newseum.
The Globe and Mail (Canada): Somewhat humorous front page.
Staunton (Virginia) Newsleader: I love the photo (although The Virginian-Pilot's Apple doesn't).
Anniston (Alabama) Star: The photo and headline are great together.
New York Sun: I don't know, I just like it. Kinda retro.
Chicago Sun-Times: Not a fan of tabloid papers, but this is well-done graphically. Clever too.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN): Same photo as Staunton's paper, nice white space.
The Forum (Fargo, North Dakota): Are they making the call?
The Express Times (Bethlehem, PA edition): Not ready to make the call.
The Express Times (New Jersey edition): Different edition of the above paper; one of the few to declare a winner.
The Times (Munster, Indiana): One of the few papers to declare a winner?
