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02.13.2009 12:02 pm

Why wasn’t plane crash on Page One?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editors last night considered ways to put the late-breaking Buffalo plane crash on Page One. As deadlines near, production challenges become a key factor. If we miss deadlines, more copies of earlier editions run and fewer readers see the story…

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12.16.2008 1:37 pm

Why Cleveland’s editors kept Blagojevich off the front page

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The “readers representative” for the Cleveland Plain Dealer (a position like the St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s old Readers Advocate) has explained to that paper’s readers why Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s arrest didn’t make its Page One.

Basically, much like the Post-Dispatch, editors there strongly…

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12.02.2008 5:07 pm

Some readers say old crime stories aren’t Page One news

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On Page One this week, we’ve been running excerpts from veteran reporter Tim O’Neil’s book about historic crimes in St. Louis — “Mobs, Mayhem & Murder: Tales From the St. Louis Police Beat”

It’s solid historical reporting and excellent writing — entertaining…

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11.24.2008 10:35 am

Playful Page One headlines annoy reader

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A vacation week’s worth of voice messages produced few comments from readers last week. One  complained about the playfulness of these two headlines on last Thursday’s front page:

“Bellwether — or not” (A headline on a story that said McCain’s win in Missouri…

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11.07.2008 12:31 pm

Texas paper keeps Obama win off its front page

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

St. Louisans clamored to get copies of the Post-Dispatch edition reporting the historic election of Barack Obama. Wednesday’s paper sold out quickly, even though tens of thousands more copies were printed.  Currently, the second printing of a commemorative Extra Edition…

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11.05.2008 3:26 pm

Post-Dispatch prints an Extra on Obama

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wednesday's front page

Wednesday

Demand was heavy for today’s “YES, HE DID” historic edition of the Post-Dispatch and it sold out everywhere.

The Post-Dispatch is offering an eight-page Extra Edition on the election of Barack Obama at 69 area QuikTrips — available after 5 p.m.…

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11.05.2008 1:37 pm

How we chose the headline for Obama’s election

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tuesday was a historic day for our country, and the Post-Dispatch needed a headline this morning that captured the significance of the election of America’s first black president.

YES, HE DID headlines

We considered dozens of headlines suggested by copy editors and other staffers at…

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10.07.2008 9:21 am

The big words on Page One

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The biggest headline on today’s front page of the Post-Dispatch — on the Dow’s drop amid global economic fears — was almost “Another manic Monday.” We instead chose “A harrowing ride” as the main headline.

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09.30.2008 11:08 am

Fear or politics as usual?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Today's front page

Today

A caller today told me the Post-Dispatch missed the point with our main headline today — “Fear rushes in” — on the markets story .

He said a better headline would have been “Politics as usual”

A 778-point drop in the market…

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07.31.2008 11:57 am

A question for you about Page One

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A question for you about today’s front page:

Did it make any difference whether the top-of-page display on Chris Carpenter appeared over or under the St. Louis Post-Dispatch flag?

carp-page-web.jpgWe considered the event newsworthy. Carpenter, the Cardinals’ star pitcher, returned to the mound for…

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