11 years later, the most striking front pages since 9/11

by Julie Moos Published Sep. 11, 2012 5:24 am Updated Oct. 2, 2012 3:56 pm

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 12, 2001: Sun (Bremerton, Washington). Read more about this image.

: September 12, 2006: Newsday. This month, the paper published an update on this young woman, whose mother was killed on 9/11.

: May 2, 2011: St. Petersburg Times (Related: Poynter’s collection of Osama bin Laden front pages, May 2, 2011)

: 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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Erin, Thanks for the comment. You make an excellent point. It hadn’t occurred to me that including the Saddam Hussein front page might perpetuate misconceptions about his role in 9/11. I included it because even though Saddam Hussein was uninvolved in 9/11, the war in Iraq was justified by the Bush Administration and Congress, in part, by an intense national interest in security following the 9/11 attacks. That war is part of how America has changed since 9/11, so it made sense to me to note it. –Julie Moos
Erin Brown

Here’s an idea for an organization that promotes the profession of presenting facts: don’t disseminate bad information.

You’re displaying front pages related to 9/11. Among your choices is a front page announcing the capture of Saddam Hussein… who had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11.

A University of Maryland study in 2011 (http://www.sadat.umd.edu/911Anniversary_Sep11_rpt.pdf) showed a “large minority” (38 percent) of Americans believe the U.S. had clear evidence Hussein worked closely with al-Qaeda.

How about publishing a retraction as to not perpetuate this falsehood?