Jim Slusher
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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...
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Today's Recommended Read: "The Long, Dark Teatime Of The Soul" by Douglas AdamsMar 31, 2020 6:00 am - Although the late Douglas Adams' works have been translated successfully to broadcast and film, his greatest achievement is the joyous wordplay in every sentence that pr...
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Controlling the spread of hopelessnessMar 26, 2020 1:00 am - By Jim Slusher In a column for the Detroit Free Press this week, the writer and broadcast commentator Mitch Albom laid out a road map of sorts for news coverage of the n...
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Doom, gloom and the drive that strives to overcome it allMar 19, 2020 1:00 am - When I first started thinking about the theme for this column early last week, it was with the idea of sharing with you the impact on a newsroom of covering a sustained ...
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When your interest turns to local primaries, we have what you needMar 05, 2020 12:00 am - Considering the ceaseless cacophony on presidential politics in broadcast news and, to a large extent, on social media, it could come as a bit of a surprise to find that...
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When bad weather looms, journalism respondsFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - There is no way for an editor to comfortably issue certain assignments to a reporter. There is no assignment too mundane for any reporter. These realities converged Mond...
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An opportunity for you to help strengthen protections a newspaper providesJan 30, 2020 12:00 am - We're just getting started on a collaborative project we intend to boost the Daily Herald's coverage of local and state news, and we're already seeing encouraging signs ...
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What editorial writers really hope forJan 16, 2020 12:00 am - On Sunday, we published an edited transcript of a conversation we had last week with Mark Galli, the Christianity Today editor who attracted the most attention of his ca...
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Remembering tragedy can be link to hopeJan 09, 2020 12:00 am - A.J. Freund died before his sixth birthday, but he may have accomplished something important in his difficult short life. That will not be because the Crystal Lake boy s...
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'Contest season' is a time to reflect and learnJan 06, 2020 12:00 am - As we step into a new year, it's only natural to reflect on the one just past. For news organizations, this is more than an introspective exercise; it's also a precursor...