<div class="css-129jqss e1a1lgff0"><section class="css-124cbno e12tqyss0"><div class="css-1nbyogb e195wpn30"><span class="css-xidzag e1b9gwda0"><a href="/the-world-this-week" data-analytics="sidebar:section"><span>The world this week</span></a></span><span class="css-z3012 e17k1v3f0"> | Newsletters</span></div><h1 class="css-1tik00t e1c1hwj10">Cover Story newsletters: How we chose the cover image</h1><h2 class="css-1xjkmih e6h2z500">The thinking behind our designs about free speech in America, spotting a genius and Britain going bust</h2><div class="css-bcvd5n e1c90fta0"></div></section></div><div class="css-vpmedt e1a1lgff0"><section class="css-1ru083f e1jfkr0u0"></section></div><div class="css-129jqss e1a1lgff0"><div class="css-10sg9eo euf71ye0"><div class="css-1qcvsun e1g8zjgp0"><div class="css-jbc7vr el417p50"><div class="css-zr3q0n e5z0ibw0"><time datetime="2025-09-26T16:52:35.028Z" class="css-1rlefqb e1t74fno0"> Sep 26th 2025</time><span class="css-1x6wy4g e1g8zjgp1">|</span><span class="css-cskdai e1g8zjgp2">4 min read</span></div></div></div><section class="css-131nsz2 ei2yr3n0"><div class="css-5nzj3w ei2yr3n1"><p data-component="paragraph" class="css-1l5amll e1y9q0ei0"><span data-caps="initial">T</span><small>hree covers</small> in one issue is a mountain of work. When the news is compelling, the temptation is to hold back important, but less urgent, insights for a quieter time. Yet that comes at the cost of our overall coverage. This week, therefore, we have two news covers, a big idea and a couple of exhausted designers.</p></div></section><div class="css-1h7zq19 el1rg701"><h3 class="css-rb5rp6 el1rg700">Explore more</h3><nav aria-labelledby="article-tags"><a class="call-to-action_mb-call-to-action__JMKot call-to-action_mb-call-to-action--tertiary__kP_rI call-to-action_mb-call-to-action--small__Dq0Sg" href="/topics/the-world-this-week" data-analytics="tags:the_world_this_week"><span>The world this week</span></a><a class="call-to-action_mb-call-to-action__JMKot call-to-action_mb-call-to-action--tertiary__kP_rI call-to-action_mb-call-to-action--small__Dq0Sg" href="/topics/world" data-analytics="tags:world"><span>World</span></a><a class="call-to-action_mb-call-to-action__JMKot call-to-action_mb-call-to-action--tertiary__kP_rI call-to-action_mb-call-to-action--small__Dq0Sg" href="/topics/newsletters" data-analytics="tags:newsletters"><span>Newsletters</span></a></nav></div><div class="css-bg5ade e1x32ctw0"><div class="css-bcvd5n e1c90fta0"><hr class="rule_mb-rule__TPQVN margin_mb-u-margin-b-md__ceyGh rule_mb-rule--standard__amoIv" data-testid="rule-standard"><div class="flex_mb-flex__6laMs flex_mb-flex--row__44kW8 flex_mb-flex--justify-content-start__KcwEu flex_mb-flex--gap-sm__rAZkB flex_mb-flex--wrap__pcDfg"><a href="https://s100.copyright.com/AppDispatchServlet?publisherName=economist&amp;publication=economist&amp;title=Cover%20Story%20newsletters%3A%20How%20we%20chose%20the%20cover%20image&amp;publicationDate=2025-09-26&amp;contentID=%2Fcontent%2F9pt9pm5t7de4prla66ltcg80g6akjujm&amp;type=A&amp;orderBeanReset=TRUE" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" data-analytics="end_of_article:reuse_this_content" class="button_mb-button__seg6h button_mb-button--secondary__B_8oH button_mb-button--medium__y9rSt button_mb-button--outline__8HZoJ button_mb-button--text-icon__N_J2S"><span>Reuse this content</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><div data-testid="right-hand-rail-ads" class="css-169lzn0 e1a1lgff0"><div class="css-1y1zooy epfkve70"><div class="adComponent_advert__kPVUI adComponent_right__A3uJw adComponent_hidden__Dp0GM"><div></div></div><div class="adComponent_advert__kPVUI adComponent_right__A3uJw adComponent_hidden__Dp0GM"><div></div></div></div></div>

The thinking behind our designs about free speech in America, spotting a genius and Britain going bust{ai:summary}<p>World this week features two news covers, a big idea and pieces on free speech in America, spotting a genius, and Britain going bust.</p><p>It notes three covers in one issue take work and leave designers exhausted #politics</p>

Cover Story newsletters: How we chose the cover image

Cover Story newsletters: How we chose the cover image

The thinking behind our designs about free speech in America, spotting a genius and Britain going bust

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