Part of why I love the WSJ print edition are the fantastic stippled hedcuts. Sometimes, they say more than the article can. Take a look at the three George W. Bush portraits below:
In just a year and a half, Bush seems to have aged 10 years. (As an aside, Kevin Sprouls is the artist who pioneered this style in the WSJ and if you have any interest in art, I recommend browsing around his site.)
The Wall Street Journal online is one of the best designed websites for a major news outlet. The entire thing is packed full of interactive graphs and graphics, user-friendly tabs, and an extensive back catalog. However, I think that the stories lose a bit of their flair without the requisite portraits. Take this story for example. Obama National-Security Team Set is the same sort of article that you'd see in the print WSJ, but the actual photographs of people and events add something different to the story. I'm not sure if I like it as much as the stylized portraits above.
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