Not only did the newspapers and websites of ACM produce some quality coverage of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 in print, they also provided some unique content with video coverage online.

Here are some samples of the work found throughout ACM websites, including several produced by reporters involved in the Digital Reporter Project.

Check out this video tribute produced by the staff of the Stephenville (TX) Empire-Tribune:  http://www.yourhometownvoice.com/news/local/video_3fab8cc0-dbfa-11e0-aaad-001cc4c03286.html

Like the rest of the nation, the newspapers of ACM took a moment to reflect on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Here is a gallery of front pages and other pages from ACM newspaper published that day, or that weekend, honoring the 9/11 anniversary.

As the countdown begins to the release of the ACM Newsroom special tribute edition, “Remember 9/11 – 10 years later,” we will continue to offer newsrooms tips on how to localize the story.

Here’s today’s tip: Ask readers to answer the following question, “Where were you when news broke of 9/11 terrorist attacks?”

Have readers submit their answers either via email, on your newspaper’s Facebook page, or in a comment string on your website. Publish a sampling of the answers in the printed special edition, and it’s another great way to get reader involvement in the section.

As ACM Newsroom continues work on its special broadsheet section, “Remember 9/11 – 10 Years Later” it is not too early for your staff to begin brainstorming story angles and begin reporting for local elements of this package.

Here are five quick ideas on how our newsroom can localize the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks:

1) How will your local school districts, teachers handle the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in their classroom lessons? Talk with local principals and teachers about how they will handle the sensitive subject matter, and what they hope today’s students could learn from the tragedy that took place a decade ago.

2) Interview your local firefighters/police officers on how 9/11 changed the way their view their jobs and role in society.

3) Do a “5 questions with…” alternative story format piece with members of your local veterans groups what their views of how the 9/11 attacks changed today’s way of life, how it relates to the attack on Pearl Harbor and their view of the military response by the U.S. in the past few years.

4) Put together a timeline, using informational bulletpoints and file photos or graphic elements of local reaction to the 9/11 attacks from your archives. Include past front pages from the days following the attacks as possibly your main art elements.

5) Get your readers involved in the project. Ask your readers to submit what the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks means to them in a paragraph and publish the best responses in print and online. Begin publishing house ads asking for reader submission in the final week of August.

Remember, ACM’s template for the “Remember 9/11 – 10 years later” edition will be available for download on Aug. 19.

On Friday, Aug. 19, ACM Newsroom will make available for download and use a 12-page broadsheet edition marking the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on U.S. soil.

The edition will include a timeline of events, a view of the tragedy from a national perspective and how the event forever changed the United States and the world.

There will also be space provided for our ACM newspapers to contribute local content, as well as advertising opportunities throughout the section.