• The New York Times, Monday, September 12, 2011 3:30 PM

In all the talk about how media coverage of disasters has changed so much in the 10 years since 9/11, we'd be remiss if we didn't point out how digital/social media capabilities greatly enhanced the New York Times' extensive treatment of the 9/11 anniversary.

As expected, the paper of record does an excellent job on the traditional journalistic front, going in-depth for a "reckoning" of "the decade's costs and consequences," with analysis on topics ranging from the wars begun since 9/11 to the treatment of Muslims in the U.S.

But there's also features that would not have appeared 10 years ago, like all the comments posted by readers. We like the fair-minded eloquence of this statement: "I learned empathy for those in other places around the world who live with the trauma and devastation of war - often far worse than the single event of 9/11 - every day in their back yards."

The Times' interactive recreation of the World Trade Center took our breath away, evoking again what it was like to crane our necks and look up (and up) at the Towers. David Dunlap of New York Times Interactive provides the commentary, at one point noting quietly, "I miss it so very much."

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