Show and Tell at the White House

The Des Moines Register called it "show-and-tell day." President-Elect Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, visited President and Laura Bush at the White House on Monday. AP called the visit "a striking symbol of the transfer of power to come."

So how did news organizations share the visit?

In the San Francisco Chronicle, a photo of Obama and Bush was accompanied by photos from White House visits by presidents-elect in 1960, 1968, 1980 and 1992.

A White House photo that gave the feel of being in the Oval Office appeared on front pages, including The Plain Dealer of Cleveland. "Nice to meet you, Mr. President," the headline said. The Plain Dealer used a New York Times story, which noted it was Obama's first visit to the Oval Office. But Obama has been to the White House before, an experience he wrote about in one of his books.

How did you play the story?

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.