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Disruption and the pain of unmet expectationsOct 11, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: In the wake of the Daily Herald printing center's power outage and subsequent late deliveries, Jim muses on the curious irony of our age that technology can do so much to make our lives easier but can also disrupt us with its own peculiar standards of operation, defying even the backup strategies we have in place. It's the emergencies we can’t imagine that hurt most.
The broad view on young people’s disdain for news Sep 20, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: To us in print journalism, it's hard enough to hear that young people don't think newspapers are important. But there's something more ominous on the horizon that extends beyond our own parochial professional fears
New language might have helped tame the Old West Sep 13, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: "When the legend becomes fact, print the legend," the press says at the end of the movie "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." Might the legend have turned out differently in the language of today?
Citizen reporting, instant news and the role of editors Sep 6, 2012 12:00 AM
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Getting local to lure attention of the Cynical 75 Aug 30, 2012 12:00 AM
One of the aims of the Daily Herald is to present what happens at the political conventions in a way that brings it home to even reluctant readers, columnist Jim Slusher says.
Openness in an hour of pain is a gift to rest of us Aug 23, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: When survivors of those who die tragically are willing and able to crack open the window of their heartbreak, the distance between the reading and the suffering closes a bit.
In fiction as in fact, credibility is king for papers Aug 16, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: The tweet from longtime newspaper blogger Jim Romenesko was not to be resisted. "Netflix says State of Play' is the most popular newspaper film." Wow. Self-indulgence plus a list. What could be more compelling?
The worthwhile risk of taking a discomforting call Aug 2, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: You never know in this job who you're going to be talking to when you pick up the telephone. It may be a cantankerous name caller, angry because you won't publish his nasty, spiteful, ill-mannered personal attacks. Or it may be a politely assertive reader who holds an uncomfortable mirror up to your prejudices and makes you a better, more incisive editor.
Amid campaign heat, be vigilant to keep your cool Jul 26, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: I want now -- about a month before the Republicans and Democrats hold their national conventions -- to concentrate on the "politics of gotcha," which goes way beyond one congressional race.
In ‘rough draft,’ we err on the side of inclusion Jul 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: The Letters to the Editor column can be seen as a rough draft of local thinking, and like all rough drats, it is sometimes not very pretty.
Watergate and watchdogs — the duty remains Jun 14, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: It would be less than accurate to suggest that The Washington Post's reporting on the Watergate scandal initiated modern-day investigative journalism, but it certainly gave the field an identity.
Newspapers and the role of listening in public debate Jun 7, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: What is so bad about listening, especially about listening to "the other side?"
The delicate art of keeping letters lively, civilized May 24, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: The mission the Daily Herald's letters to the editor column is to host a forum on topics of public concern entirely determined by the public and presented in the singular voice of each individual who writes. But that mission is more easily described than implemented.
Sometimes, ‘the funnies’ aren’t just about fun May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: The fact is, as I learned reading the classic panel Pogo, many funnies aim for something more than a light chuckle and some aspire to a depth compatible with any item sharing their print space.
It’s not we who do the comforting and the afflicting May 10, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: It may be true, as some suggest, that one function of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, but its probably more true that our job is to show you the comfortable and the afflicted and let you decide what to do from there.
Whatever’s behind it, transparency push is welcome May 3, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: Do we take all this sudden new candidness as a sign that government officials have abandoned the smoke-filled rooms, or that theyre at least willing now to let us see what goes on in there? You might want to withhold judgment on that one for a while
Requiem for one of life’s true storytellers Apr 26, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: Then there was Bill Granger. Copy boy. Television reviewer. Newsman. Columnist. Author of 28 -- count em, 28! -- novels. Here was a man who could tell a story.
A public storm, reassurance all on one front page Apr 12, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: Is it possible that an emotional uproar can reinforce confidence in the stability of our democracy? I think so.
Is this evidence of political agenda? Apr 5, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: What I really want to focus on is the way that people, of all political or social viewpoints actually, superimpose their own prejudices on what they see and read in the paper.
Scent of a buzzword: Keeping objectivity in the mainstream Mar 28, 2012 12:00 AM
Columnist Jim Slusher: We all know very well the injunction that a rose by any other name should smell as sweet. But in popular political practice today, it seems more common to find critics stretching for synonyms -- say, Rosa sulphurea? Or Rosa canina? -- that might suggest the opposite. To wit: Obamacare.