10 While overshadowed by Sept. 11, there were other major  stories for Gannett in 2001.  For Super Bowl XXXV, WTSP-TV at Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla., built a set at the Raymond James Stadium, airing 14 live Super Bowl specials prior to the game. Four Gannett TV stations loaned WTSP reporters, photographers and producers to help  the station cover the game while maintaining its high level of  community reporting. WTSP reciprocated with live footage and Super Bowl stories for use throughout the Broadcasting group.  As results of the U.S. Census were released during the year, Gannett News Service worked up packages of graphics, cus- tomized stories, analyses and overviews of national themes. GNS processed census results from up to three states a day on deadline to serve Gannett newspapers and Web sites.  Vermont Sen. Jim Jeffords’ switch from Republican to Democrat, shifting the power in the Senate, was a major political story analyzed and reported by GNS for the community news- papers and subscribers.  International attention turned to Terre Haute, Ind., in 2001 for the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh. The Indianapolis Star and The Courier-Journal at Louisville, Ky., teamed up to provide coverage. Star Reporter Diana Penner, who also reported for GNS (which in turn provided her coverage to  all of Gannett’s community newspapers), and USA TODAY’s  Kevin Johnson were among the 10 media witnesses at McVeigh’s execution. Early in 2001, USA TODAY set out to answer questions  about the disputed 2000 presidential election. With The Miami Herald and Knight Ridder newspapers, USA TODAY reviewed the approximately 61,000 undervotes. These three were then joined by six other Florida newspapers (including Gannett’s FLORIDA TODAY at Brevard County, The News-Press at Fort Myers and  the Pensacola News Journal) to review the 111,000 overvotes.  The special report showed that Florida voter errors cost Al Gore the election and that George W. Bush still prevailed in a recount of all disputed ballots. In December, USA TODAY took the story of the attacks on the World Trade Center a step further. The paper explained what happened inside the twin towers floor by floor: who lived, who died, how and why. The report was covered by NBC’s “Today” show, CNN, MSNBC and many local radio and TV stations. The Sept. 12 issue of USA TODAY’s domestic edition carried approximately 158 stories, 32 graphics and 114 photos. That  edition broke all of USA TODAY’s previous circulation records, selling 3.7 million copies. USATODAY.com also broke records: On Sept. 11, page views were approximately 27.8 million. Page designs were stripped down to facilitate loading.  Within minutes of the attacks that day, Gannett’s newspapers and television stations reacted. While TV began around-the-clock, ad-free coverage, newspapers churned out special editions. Before the sun set in Honolulu that afternoon, our newspapers had pro- duced 80 Extras. Incremental sales of the community newspapers for Sept. 11 and 12 totaled 3.1 million copies. He soon went to Pakistan and Afghanistan to cover the war there with other USA TODAY and Gannett reporters. That cover- age extended the work done by all our units on Sept. 11.  USA TODAY Reporter Jack Kelley was across the street from a Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem when it was hit by a suicide bomber. Kelley quickly filed a news story for USATODAY.com, then wrote a cover story for USA TODAY’s international edition. At the same time, he provided an audio account of the incident  for online and for USA TODAY LIVE. Kelley then polished the cover story for USA TODAY’s domestic editions. Kelley’s stark, eyewitness account evoked hundreds of letters and thousands of  e-mails. JACKI KELLEY, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT/ADVERTISING AT USA TODAY, SAYS THE USA TODAY BRAND HAS VENTURED INTO THE WORLD OF INTERACTIVE TELEVISION WITH THE CREATION OF THE NEWS CENTER. BEHIND KELLEY IS A NEWS CENTER SCREEN. Connecting W hen big news broke around the world in 2001, Gannett was there.  With operations in 43 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, the United Kingdom and other overseas locations, Gannett’s newspa- pers, TV stations and Web sites were often right on the scene or close enough to get there quickly.