September 11, 2012

If there is a post-9/11 journalism, it is represented by the images we remember from that day in 2001 and the moments since that have marked a changed America. These front pages capture those moments. || Related: 9/11 anniversary forgotten on the front page of today’s New York Times | Front pages from 2001 to 2011 tell story of 9/11 decade | The 25 most moving 9/11/11 front pages | 10 iconic images from Sept. 11, 2001 | Why do newspapers use different figures for fatalities of Sept. 11 attacks? | How we started calling the former World Trade Center ‘ground zero’ | Sept. 11 style guidelines from AP

September 11, 2001: Newsday

September 12, 2001: Sun (Bremerton, Washington). Read more about this image.
December 15, 2003: The Seattle Times
September 12, 2006: Daily News
September 12, 2006: Newsday. This month, the paper published an update on this young woman, whose mother was killed on 9/11.
October 10, 2007: The Olympian
May 2, 2011: St. Petersburg Times (Related: Poynter’s collection of Osama bin Laden front pages, May 2, 2011)
May 3, 2011: Chicago Sun-Times
May 3: La Stampa (Turin, Italy)
The Daily News in Los Angeles, Calif. used a photos of the twin towers before Sept. 11, 2001. (Courtesy: Newseum)
The Albuquerque (N.M.) Journal used minimal text and illustration to honor the 10th anniversary of the attacks. (Courtesy: Newseum)
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