Front Page Coverage: How The Convention Played on Page One


Day Before
July 17, 2016
(July 18 Newspapers)
 Day One
July 18, 2016
(July 19 Newspapers)		 Day Two
July 19, 2016
(July 20 Newspapers)
 Day Three
July 20, 2016
(July 21 Newspapers)
 Day Four
July 21, 2016
(July 22 Newspapers)

Summary: Trump's acceptance speech led front page coverage.  Headlines included snippets from the speech ("I am your voice," "I will fight for you," and "I will win for you").  Some headline writers had Trump vowing to "fix nation's ills" (USAT) and "bring prosperity, safety to nation" (AJC) while others had the speech as "dark" and "ominous" (WP) and "fiery" (WSJ).  A Plain Dealer headline summed up the convention as a "mixed week for GOP" and the headline for a New York Times analysis piece described a "failed chance to humanize outsize image."  The Chicago Tribune and Atlanta Journal-Constitution both had front page articles on divisions within the party.

Newspaper
 Headlines/Reporters
Photos/Photographers
Plain Dealer
 "Trump Time"  "Nominee Vows, 'I Will Win for You'"  "Speech caps mixed week for GOP, but Cleveland get high marks"
Gus Chan/The Plain Dealer.  Huge W head-on shot Trump addressing the delegates, big screen at top, Trump and podium small, delegates in foreground.
New York Times - Late Edition

 "Trump, as Nominee, Vows: 'I Am Your Voice'"  (6-col, all caps)
 • Patrick Healy and Jonathan Martin.  "Focuses on Threats to Nation as He Takes G.O.P. Mantle"
 • (News Analysis)  Michale Barbaro.  "Failed Chance To Humanize Outsize Image"
 • Nicholas Confessore.  "Moneyed Class Finds Place in Current G.O.P."
[ ? ].  MW shot of Trump and Pence at podium shaking hands during balloon drop.
Wall Street Journal - microfilm "Trump Makes His Case"
Patrick O'Connor.  "GOP Hopes to Blaze New Trail to Victory"
Janet Hook and Rebecca Ballhaus.  "Fiery Speech Targets Democratic Rival"
Win McNamee/Getty Images.  MW shot of Trump giving two thumbs up
Washington Post
 "Trump paints ominous picture"
 • Philip Rucker and David A. Fahrenthold.  "Republican assails elites as he accepts party nomination"
On the fold:
 • Katie Zezima and Jose A. DelReal.  "Cruz's leap: To fame, or into the fire?"
 • Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee.  "A dark vision based on specious stats"
 • Dan Balz (The Take).  "To the 'forgotten': "I am your voice"
Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post.  W shot from side of Trump addressing the convention, delegates on the floor watching, media lights, Make America Great Again! slogan.
USA Today
 "'I will fight for you'"
 • David Jackson/USA Today.  "Trump Seeks GOP Unity, Vows to Fix Nation's Ills"
 • (News Analysis)  Susan Page/USA Today.  "Convention plays like reality TV"
Jack Gruber/USA Today Network.  M shot of Trump giving thumbs up.
Chicago Tribune
 "'I'm with you the American people'"  "Trump accepts party's presidential nomination, vows to protect citizens"
 • Mark Z. Barabak and Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times.  "Clinton, Obama on firing line during speech in Cleveland"
 • Rick Pearson and Monique Garcia, Chicago Tribune.  "State's GOP delegates lack unity as they return home"
Shawn Thew/EPA.  M shot of Trump delivering speech, gesturing.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 "I Am Your Voice"
 • Greg Bluestein and Tamar Hallerman.  "Republican candidate vows to bring prosperity, safety to nation"
Below the fold:
 • Greg Bluestein.  "Cruz still divides Ga. GOP"
Alex Wong/Getty Images.  MW shot Melania, Barron, DT, MP, Mrs. Pence, unidentified, Ivanka.
Much smaller:  Getty Images.  M shot of Ivanka Trump.