Why newspaper front pages are special

Terry Connor thinks that the print edition of a paper is special.

Writing at the Newspaper project he says that after remembering

The heartbreaking moment caught in time when firefighter Chris Fields carried the body of baby Baylee Almon from the rubble of the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995.
The fiery Twin Towers just seconds after two airplanes crashed into them and minutes before the buildings collapsed into an enormous cloud of dust on Sept. 11, 2001.
The smiling face of then President-elect Barack Obama holding hands with wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha as thousands cheered on election night 2008.

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There are few, if any, of you reading these words who cannot recall those photographs or other front-page images that made an impression yesterday or yesteryear. Whether they have national or international impact or are as local as a hometown high school celebrating a state championship, memorable front-page photos are part of our culture and will be for many more tomorrows.