Front Page Coverage: How The Convention Played on Page One

Day Before
Aug. 26, 2012
(Aug. 27 Newspapers)
Day One
Aug. 27, 2012
(Aug. 28 Newspapers)		 Day Two
 Aug. 28, 2012
(Aug. 29 Newspapers)
 Day Three
 Aug. 29, 2012
(Aug. 30 Newspapers)
 Day Four
Aug. 30, 2012
(Aug. 31 Newspapers)
Summary: Based on an "at a glance" look at a number of front pages, Tropical Storm Isaac was still page one news. Front page convention coverage included a mix of stories, and there did not seem to be a dominant image. Front page photos from the opening day include RNC Chairman Priebus with the gavel, a wide shot of delegates watching a Romney video, and an image of one of the speakers trying out the podium.   
Newspaper
 Headlines/Reporters
Photos/Photographers
Tampa Bay Times & POLITICO
12 pages
 		"STORM STILL HAUNTS" - Alexander Burns and Maggie Haberman [Politico]
"Hispanics / Stage belies voter trends" - Adam C. Smith and Alex Leary [Times]
"The advocate / Mayor keeps spotlight on city" - Richard Danielson [Times]
...ON THE FOLD...
Medium wide shot.  Four protestors in the foreground including one lying in the road; a line of about a dozen police officers in riot gear;  buildings in the background - Dirk Shadd/Times
...BELOW THE FOLD...
Medium shot of Mayor Bob Buckhorn - John Pendygraft/Times
Tampa Tribune
10 pages
 		"For an instant, open for business" - Michael Sasso
...BELOW THE FOLD...
"GOP shortens show, mitigates message" - William March
Our Town, Our Issues "Reprieve from deportation frees American DREAMers" - Jerome R. Stockfisch
...ON THE FOLD...
MCU of RNC chair Reince Priebus gaveling the convention into order - The Associated Press
USA Today


New York Times
(National Edition)
 "As Storm Disrupts Plans, G.O.P. Takes Up Tensions" - Jim Rutenberg and Michael D. Shear
"Romney Seen Pulled 2 Ways Over Economy" - Binyamin Appelbaum
[no convention/campaign photo]
Wall Street Journal "Ryan 'Roadmap' Blazed Rocky Trail to Prominence" - Patrick O'Connor
"Isaac Heads To New Orleans" - Timothy W. Martin, Mike Esterl
Medium shot of Paul Ryan greeting several supporters at a Monday event. - Kamil Krzaczynski/European Pressphoto Agency and Miguel Bustillo
Also, strip above nameplate: Christie, Santorum, Haley, Boehner, Ann Romney
Washington Post  "Storm targets Gulf Coast" - Manuel Roig-Franzia and Brady Dennis
"With 'Newt U.' Gingrich closes the book on himself" - David A. Farenthold
Wide shot of delegates watching a Romney video during the abbreviated session - Stan Honda/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
Washington Post Special Edition "Sprawling Isaac bears down on Gulf Coast" - Manuel Roig-Franzia and Brady Dennis
..BELOW THE FOLD...
"Gingrich closes the book on himself" - David A. Farenthold
Wide shot of delegates watching a Romney video during the abbreviated session - Stan Honda/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images
Washington Times "Embracers of the Constitution are baffled by what's really in it" - Stephen Dinan
"'Mittigator' to make case for Romney" - Jennifer Harper
File photo medium shot of Ann Romney at a podium as Mitt Romney and a son look on - Associated Press
National Journal Convention Daily
30 pages incl. 8 full page ads

 		"Isaac Forces Romney to Mull Truncated Convention" - Ron Fournier
"Romney and Black Voters: An Uneasy Relationship" - Beth Reinhard
"Drinking the Storm Away" - Dave Barry
Medium shot of talk show host and former actress Janine Turner trying out the podium with several other people around her - Ralf Finn-Hestoft
The Hill
 		"GOP bullish on ticket" - Sheldon Alberts
"Candidate in Tampa as Isaac heads to New Orleans"

Wide shot of RNC chair Reince Priebus and huge debt clock behind him