Touring the World's Front Pages

One of my favorite sites on the Wide World of the Web is the collection of the day's front pages at Newseum (note that some international papers print pinup-type photos you might not want your kids to see; viewer discretion is advised.) It's fascinating to see how papers around the USA and the planet play the same news events. Most exercise similar news judgement (although some, like The Chronicle, usually go all local on the front page). 

Some papers are trying to shake up the moribund newspaper industry by trying out wild new front page designs. Check out a few:

• The Virginia-Pilot
• The Bakersfield Californian
• The Orlando Sentinel
• The Wyoming Tribune Eagle
• The Excelsior

That list comes courtesy of legendary newspaper designer Tim Harrower, who spoke at a small journalism convention in Seattle this week. Chronicle Executive Editor Michael Wagar and I attended. Read more about what we learned in my column today.