FLORIDA TODAY — January 21-22, 2017
Why it’s special: It’s a unique take on an event that likely was featured in every newspaper in the country. For the Inauguration Day page, I knew that I would want to use a photo that showed new president Donald J. Trump on stage at the inauguration ceremony. His personality and presence is sometimes larger than life, so I wanted to make sure I kept everything else on the page subdued and balanced.
Beyond Inauguration Day, I was also thinking of how to spin the story forward. I saw a photo similar to this from Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2012 and I thought it contrasted well with a face-forward shot of President Trump from Inauguration Day. The presidency lasts a lot longer than one day, and I liked the ethos of Trump emerging and looking out to the crowd — and the future.