These pages are a great example of all the different presentation options available to us. Starting at the top: The Charlotte Observer had a container out there on Cheek paired with a box on who to root for today, which I think is a great idea. The Winston-Salem Journal paired action with feature to tell a complete story. The News & Record went with a columnist's take and the News & Observer played it straight. None was right or wrong and all are good.
A couple of quick notes on Charlotte: The top right refer above the flag actually sends readers to to a story on 1A below the fold. I remember a few years ago USA Today doing something like, but honestly I don't read them enough to know if it stuck. I do know we made a heck of a lot of fun of them. With the industry slowing dying and all, it's not so funny anymore. Also, the rail on left is new, and I believe it was even wider yesterday...is this a sign of things to come? Sarah Franquet, are you reading?
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Nope, Dave, sorry! I've actually only seen one or two copies of the old newsstand edition.
Charlotte's done the "see story below" trick on occasion before, but generally because there was some serious news being squeezed out by the overemphasis on sports and features. Teasing downward to a feature when the front is basically all sports and features anyway -- that's a symptom of a graver illness. Grr.
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