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Monday, July 26, 2010
Des Moines | Online, print coverage of failed dam
Gannett's board of directors, meeting today and tomorrow in Des Moines, got an up-close view of The Des Moines Register's coverage of a major natural disaster: Sudden floodwaters on Saturday breached a 92-year-old dam at Delhi, about 162 miles northeast of Des Moines, draining a popular recreational lake. Here's a related video, followed by an image of the paper's front page.
Page One's six-column-wide photo of the now-drained lake, by the paper's Christopher Gannon, is a reminder for board members of the Register's strong record on photography. The paper, which Gannett bought in 1985, won a Pulitzer Prize in April for breaking news photography.
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FYI folks, it's not pronounced like the city in India. It's del, like the computer company and hi like the greeting, with emphasis on dell.
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