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USAToday.com stripped photos and bios of each of the astronauts across its cover, a smart way to humanize the coverage. |
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The New York Times site used a triple-deck headline for impact, much like it might do in the newspaper, creating a similar effect online. |
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MSNBC.com widened its cover image to create extra impact. |
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CNN.com moved the lead story to the top right from its usual spot under the image - a move it's done increasingly often lately when big news breaks. |
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The Washington Post featured deep original content and impressive multimedia, including photo galleries, audio and video from partner MSNBC.com. |
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WSJ.com produced an impressively deep package considering the newspaper doesn't publish on weekends, and gave it unusual prominence on the cover. |
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Florida Today used a strong image of the crew few other sites chose, plus cleverly used a Weblog format to get the latest news out fast. |
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The Houston Chronicle printed a special evening edition and made the thumbnail image of the cover, linked to the PDF, the dominant image. |
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The Dallas Morning News posted a lot of original content fast, but it was oddly organized on the cover and the site repeated "Tragedy over Texas." |
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The Austin American-Statesman combined a wide shot of the plummet with a vertical debris image, a pairing that complemented its headline well. |
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The most dominant image or item on ABCNews.com's home page was its promotion of its subscription video coverage of the crash. |
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CBSNews.com led with an odd, patriotic illustration combining hands clasped around a small American flag with a shuttle launch in the background. |
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Fox News emphasized a posed photo of the crew, with a larger-than-usual space for the main story but otherwise sticking to its clean, text-heavy look |
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NPR.org emphasized its strongest asset, audio, streaming live coverage in Real, Windows and QuickTime formats and highlighting three "editor's picks." |
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KTRK-TV in Houston showcased a nice package of articles, audio, video and community feedback links in a crowded panel, wrapped around a crew photo. |
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Belo's KHOU in Houston branded coverage with two photo illustrations, blending images of NASA, the shuttle, and its crew -- creating a very TV look. |
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IBS's KPRC Houston site offered a nice set of stories, media and tools, plus fit images of the shuttle's descent, wreckage and the crew on the cover. |
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NBC5 in Dallas-Fort Worth is also an IBS site and had similar content available, but did a poorer job of showcasing it. |
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BBC Online treated it like any other major overseas story. |
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Space.com put a heavy emphasis on the graphics. Combined with a moving headlines marquee sliding across right above, this created a busy page. |
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Google News, managed by algorithms, stuck to its programmed format, rotating stories in as published, leading with the shuttle most (but not all) day. |
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Yahoo expanded its usual template to make room for more shuttle-related stories, featuring primarily AP content. |
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