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Article: It's campaign season, and every choice will be scrutinized; In New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton made news. That's why she got the biggest display on this particular day.(NEWS)(Opinion Exchange)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- January 13, 2008
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Byline: Nancy Barnes
Around 4:30 p.m. on the day of the Iowa caucuses, we had already signed off on a front-page display that included one dominant photograph when Dennis McGrath, a senior editor in charge of political coverage, raised a concern: Don't we want to give equal treatment to both parties' winners?
With that question, I knew the political season had truly begun.
I have been managing front-page displays on and off for more than a decade, and there is little that causes more frustration in a campaign season than trying to find a way to equally balance the photographs. From a visual perspective, a front page is more arresting if it is ...