A look back at Boston

 Newspaper analyst Charles Apple recently published a blog post looking at the best and worst front pages from the day after the Boston Bombings. He commended the Virginian Pilot and  The Arizona Republic. Personally the Virginian Pilot was my favorite front page. However I do recognize that The Arizona Republic also did a solid job, especially considering the event happened on the other side of the country.

 The Patriot Ledger, along with several other papers chose to focus on the firefighters, police, and fellow runners that became heroes that day. He said that it was a great picture paired with a great headline.

However not all papers were as effective. The New York Daily News chose to run a gruesome photo that wrapped around the front and back of the paper. Charles Apple did not approve of using "Massacre" in the headline. "Yes, a lot of people were injured yesterday. But I’m not sure that three dead justify use of the word 'massacre.'"