The White House is seen in Washington, early Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, after President Donald Trump announced that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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October 2, 2020

President Donald Trump tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for the coronavirus just before 1 a.m. on Friday morning.

“Immediately, all the TV networks jumped on the story. MSNBC’s Brian Williams called it a ‘colossal story.’ White House correspondents, such as CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and ABC News’ Jonathan Karl (on the phone), started their reporting. Sean Hannity called into Fox News,” wrote my Poynter colleague, Tom Jones.

Print, audio and digital journalists jumped on the story, too, but the late-breaking news doesn’t appear to have made a lot of newspaper front pages. Here are several we found where it did, via Newseum. See any we’re missing? Please let us know.  We’re updating as we find them.

 

 

Editor’s note: As we’ve added front pages to this story, the headline and subhead have been updated.

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