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Front Page Coverage: How The Convention Played on Page One
Day
Before July 17, 2016 (July 18 Newspapers) |
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One July 18, 2016 (July 19 Newspapers) |
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Two July 19, 2016 (July 20 Newspapers) |
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Three July 20, 2016 (July 21 Newspapers) |
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Four July 21, 2016 (July 22 Newspapers) |
Summary: Most of the lead
headlines focused on Trump officially winning the nomination. A
fair number of papers had front page articles on the Melania Trump
plagiarism story. The most frequently run front page images
showed the Trump children, at the front of the New York
delegation on the convention floor, smiling after
Trump officially gained the nomination. |
Newspaper |
Headlines/Reporters |
Photos/Photographers |
Plain Dealer 16-page wrap |
"Trump
Finally
Seals
the Deal" "The front-runner for most
of the campaign is now the Republican nominee" |
LIsa DeJong/The Plain Dealer. Huge M photo of female California delegate cheering and waving Trump sign. | |
New York Times - Late
Edition |
•
Maggie
Haberman
and Michael Barbaro. "How
Melania Trump Sent
Speech Veering Off Course" • Patrick Healy, Yamiche Alcindor and Jeremy W. Peters. "Convention Speeches Unsettle Blacks in G.O.P." |
Damon Winter/The New York Times. MW shot of Trump children celebrating on convention floor. | |
New York Times - National Edition | "How
Speech
for
a Trump Stumbled
Toward Ridicule" • Maggie Haberman and Michael Barbaro. "As G.O.P. Nominates the Businessman, His Wife's Oration Shadows Convention" • Patrick Healy, Yamiche Alcindor and Jeremy W. Peters. "Speeches, So Far, Alienate Blacks in G.O.P." • John Koblin and Jim Rutenberg. "Ailes in Talks To Step Down At Fox News" |
Damon Winter/The New York Times. MW shot of Trump children celebrating on convention floor. | |
Wall Street Journal
- Cleveland issue |
"Trump
Wins
GOP
Nomination" • Beth Reinhard and Rebecca Ballhaus. "Celebrity Businessman Defied Customs, Stalwarts to Triumph" • Rebecca Ballhaus and Patrick O'Connor. "After a Rocky Start, Party Seeks to Move On" (banner A4, A6-A7) |
Joe Raedle/Getty Images. M shot of three Trump children on the convention floor looking on. | |
Wall Street Journal - microfilm | "Trump
Wins
GOP
Nomination" • Beth Reinhard and Rebecca Ballhaus. "Unorthodox Candidate Defied Customs, Stalwarts to Triumph" • Rebecca Ballhaus and Patrick O'Connor. "After a Rocky Start, Party Seeks to Move On" (banner A4, A6-A7) |
||
Washington Post -
Cleveland issue |
"Trump captures nomination"
Unlikely
Conquest
for
Business Mogul • Philip Rucker and David A. Fahrenthold. "Speakers focus on assailing Clinton" • Dan Balz (The Take). "Ryan and McConnell are reluctant partners with their own priorities" • Robert Costa, Dan Balz and Philip Rucker. "Beyond plagiarism, a bigger issue: Is this team ready?" |
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post. Two large display screens in the Q showing Christie speaking. | |
USA Today |
"It's Official: The Outsider is In" • Eliza Colllins and David Jackson/USA Today. "Trump blames Clinton camp for Melania speech plagiarism flap" • Gregory Korte/USA Today. "Son is given party spotlight to announce good news for Trump" also bottom of page Roger Yu. "Roger Ailes, Fox in talks over his exit from the network |
Robert Deutsch. XW shot of
Trump on big screen speaking via
satellite, stage, delegates on the floor. Below the fold: head shots of Michelle Obama and Melanie Trump. |
|
Chicago Tribune |
"It's
official:
GOP
chooses Trump" • Noah Bierman and Mark Z. Barabak. "Nomination comes as convention tries to shake off flubs" (Analysis) David Lauter, Washington Bureau. "Trump campaign pays the price for plagiarism charge" |
[?]. W shot of Trump Jr., Ivanka, Eric, Tiffany on
the floor; delegates
and signs in the background [ed. distinctive shot] Much smaller: Joe Raedle/Getty. M shot of Paul Ryan. |
|
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution |
"Nomination
seals
Trump's
rise to top" • Greg Bluestein and Aaron Gould Sheinin. "Republican nominee hails historic results" "Christie, other speakers lead attacks on Clinton" |
Getty Images. MW shot of Trump Jr., Ivanka, Eric. |