A piece of history
Add comment November 5th, 2008
We have tools beyond the newspaper to report election results these days: radio, TV, the Web, cell phones and so on. But there’s something nostalgic and meaningful about newspaper front pages.
Last night I saw NBC airing Obama front pages, and the Web collects hundreds of them, thanks to the Newseum, which is loading slowly today, darn it.
The Nov. 5 Register Star front page played it straight, like many papers did: “Obama wins.” The photo of the Obama family we chose also was used by other papers.
Now this photo is making the rounds, of people lining up to buy a piece of history.
