The Today’s Front Pages feature at the Newseum web site shows a fascinating (if sad) progression of news overnight from the Sago Mine disaster. The headlines in newspapers closing early refer to dwindling hopes. Then, most papers, including nearly all in the Eastern and Central time zones, banner “Miner Miracle” and “Found Alive.” Finally, in the Mountain and especially Pacific time zone papers, the headlines reveal the stark truth that only one miner of the 13 survived.
The site keeps today’s front pages only until tomorrow’s new editions. There are 506 papers in batches of 48 thumbnails. Click on each thumbnail to enlarge. (If you enable pop-ups, you can get an even larger version.) The papers are alphabetical by state with foreign papers at the end.
Update: Good summary with several frontpages at The Talent Show.
Update 2: And see the CJR Daily on How the Press Got the Sago Story Wrong:
A close reading of the articles themselves tells the tale of how journalists bungled the story: In most, there are no sources at all for the information; in some, the sources are the rumors spread by frantic family members. Those sorts of sources are hardly a solid basis for headlines screaming, “They’re Alive!”