Are you planning on including specific examples whether in the form of screen-shots or a detailed list of known changes? I feel this would help. In fact any information that a reporter can use that saves him/her a little work can help loads towards an article.
The idea of a cover story really has me pumped- can you all imagine an EW cover that resembles the Wookie-Groomer splitscreen editions- like an all black cover with a screen cap of something like the S Shaw Force ghost on top and Hayden's on the bottom? Or perhaps a whole MONTAGE of split screen comparisons!!! Hell if I wasn't at work and had access to Photoshope I'd start laying out a mock cover like that!!!
I'd personally probably mention both the Donner Supes article and the fact about Spielberg's last mintue decision to release the original E.T. for the wider release just to remind EW that change is possible.