Jim Slusher
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In era of division, we can read too much into a headlineAug 08, 2019 1:00 am - It is hard for me to read some of the reaction to a derided New York Times headline without a smirk, a sigh and a forlorn shake of the head. The controversy begins with ...
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Slusher: To grow, we all need to challenge our ideasJul 25, 2019 1:00 am - One of the frustrations of my job as editor of Opinion in the Daily Herald is the presumption some readers make about our motives when we publish expressions of opinion ...
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The newspaper as a magical looking glass into historyJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - Stacked safely away in my attic are some keepsakes I rarely look at but could never part with. There is the Nov. 3, 2016, edition of the Daily Herald and several other n...
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Speaking honestly to heart and brain about immigrationJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - Daily Herald Editor John Lampinen called several senior editors and staff to a meeting this week to discuss the newspaper's policies on reporting about immigration. It's...
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Visual shortcuts, the 'angry mob' and the power of editorial cartoonsJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - A picture, we all know, is worth a thousand words. But which thousand is often up to the individual viewer. This can be especially true when it comes to editorial cartoo...
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Now's the time to watch state government - and to watch carefullyMay 23, 2019 1:00 am - Illinois lawmakers have been meeting and filing bills since early January, but the time you really need to be paying attention is now. And how you pay attention is also ...
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Newsroom settings change, but goals don'tMay 02, 2019 1:00 am - I'm thinking about newsrooms today. I'm looking around me at a cavernous gray chamber that has been stripped of 23 years of personality. Twenty-three years of iconic new...
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Two questions, one answer on reportingApr 18, 2019 1:00 am - Two very different questions were directed to me at a recent panel discussion on journalism. One questioner sought to know why we weren't reporting more details about a...
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The diverse, and tasty, elements that go into election coverageApr 04, 2019 1:00 am - Random thoughts about news coverage as another election season comes to an end: • In 1999, school board and municipal elections were combined, primarily to save the cost...
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Some help for following local electionsMar 21, 2019 1:00 am - Keeping up with local elections is important, in some ways more so than keeping up with prominent statewide or national contests. But it's not always easy. We can help. ...