Changes in the Daily Miracle

The right-hand column of today's Plain Dealer in Cleveland begins "Dear Reader." It's a column by Publisher Terry Egger explaining changes in the paper that take place on Tuesday. The column also includes a link to a nicely done "Making 'the daily miracle'" that explains "24 hours in the production of your Plain Dealer." It's the kind of transparency in media that inspired Newseum architect James Polshek.

New look in New Jersey

The Record of Hackensack, N.J., sports an at-a-glance summary of important stories of the day in a design that made its debut today. Editor Frank Scandale describes the changes in this column for readers. The change brings "more visuals and guides to the best stories inside the newspaper" in an update of the previous design. The billboard front page has been used before. Hundreds of historic front pages in various formats and designs are on display in the Newseum's News Corporation News History Gallery.