Opinion Columns
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Clamor over tests can override real issues in avoiding COVID-19Apr 07, 2020 1:00 am - "Coronavirus testing causes chaos across U.S." Headlines such as this do more disservice and generate unwarranted confusion during this "novel" pandemic, turning apprehe...
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No news is bad news in the briefing roomApr 07, 2020 1:00 am - By Debra J. Saunders The Washington Post and The New York Times aren't sending reporters to the Trump White House for daily briefings. Washington Post executive editor M...
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Shutdowns spur innovations in sports, entertainment, music coverageApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - With virtually all sports, entertainment and music events shut down by the pandemic, Daily Herald editors had to shift focus to keep readers in touch with the leisure ac...
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Career built on love of suburbs, newspapersApr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Growing up in Bolingbrook in the 1970s and 1980s, Robert Sanchez enjoyed everything the suburbs had to offer. He also developed an appreciation for local news, thanks to...
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Policy Corner: Building a front page in the age of COVID-19Apr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Prior to the onset of the coronavirus, crafting the front page every day had a lot to do with our long-stated mission of Big Picture/Local Focus. We'd offer you a smorga...
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Need for safety from virus is changing how photographers workApr 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Working from home is the new normal for most people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for our photojournalists, that really is not possible. As visual journalis...
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Americans rally to their presidents in times of crisisApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - Democrats are beside themselves; after President Donald Trump's consistently inconsistent and uneven public pronouncements on the seriousness of the coronavirus, moving ...
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COVID-19 is forcing us to rethink our valuesApr 05, 2020 1:00 am - "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." The immortal words of Charles Dickens have never rung truer than now, during the age of COVID-19 and the global pa...
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Oh, for arms that are six feet longApr 03, 2020 1:00 am - Earlier this week, our daughter Cait texted a photo capturing a moment of her juggling her job and her two young children at home. At first, I noticed only Cait's hand o...
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Our workplace is lonelier, but goal of valuable news is even strongerApr 02, 2020 1:00 am - In May 2019, I wrote the following as the Daily Herald prepared to move from our offices just east of the intersection of Algonquin and Arlington Heights roads in Arling...