President Obama Election 2008 : A Collection of Newspaper Front Pages Selected by the Poynter Institute (Paperback)

from Merriwyn

'Presdient Obama election 2008: a collection of newspaper front pages selected by the Poynter Institute' is an interesting window into a historic moment in time, when America elected their first black president, and the way the American people responded to it. The introduction provides a fascinat...

from buildalife

This is a great souvenir book. What I appreciated most were the margin notes that point out how the different newspapers in different regions have different perspectives on why Obama's election is history-making. You might think, "oh, front page news--how different can it be?" but truely there ar...

from angelikat

Early Reviewer: It is rather odd that I received this book on January 20th and it made up for the fact that I was unable to make it to Washington on such a historic occasion. I collect a lot of books of photography and recognise the power associated with the medium weather it is done consciously ...

from andyray

This is a must for anyone's library that has the remotest political interest in America. The only dissembling thought I have is the editors of the Poynter Institute might have included more international paper's front pages, especially those of our so-called "enemies", Iran, North Korea, and Venz...

from Joles

This is a lovely collection of Newspaper Headlines concerning Obama and what he has overcome to be the first Black President. Each paper is large enough to read even the tiniest of text with a short blurb on each illustration. The pictures are moving and the book sums up his run for the Presidenc...