Staff Blog
Page One: Only so many ways to say it
Every news editor at every still-operational daily in the nation is breathing a sigh of relief/drinking heavily/napping today, because finally, the stress over figuring out Page One is done with. No more alternate layouts, outcome-dependent cutlines or nine-character headline maximums in which to say something cleverer than "OBAMA WINS."
It's interesting to scroll through Newseum's Front Page finder, if for no other reason than to feel sorry for all the newsroom decision-makers who picked the exact. same. AP photo. and used the exact. same. headline. Dammit.
I headed straight for Illinois and clicked on the Chicago Tribune. Looks like they threw caution to the wind, eliminated skyboxes and inner ears and refers and other elements newspaper designers feel naked without. Nice statement, newsies. Now go home and get some sleep.
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