Jim Slusher
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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. ...
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Anti-social media adds new dimensions to 'silly season'Mar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Election campaign time is sometimes referred to as the "silly season" because of all the wild stories, accusations and complaints that seep out of the political ether. I...
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Hook, line, sinker and attributionFeb 28, 2019 12:00 am - There are many points with which I would take issue in the Walter E. Williams column on Jussie Smollett that we published Wednesday. That, in large measure, is the funct...
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Recognizing people with our policiesFeb 21, 2019 12:00 am - Our writers and editors strive constantly to make sure that the people at the center of the news events we report are indeed recognized as people - not just names or fac...
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Commenting online? Great. But remember who may be readingJan 24, 2019 12:00 am - Imagine a family in mourning. A beloved 12-year-old child - their daughter, granddaughter, sister, cousin - has just died in a tragic accident. What kind of person would...
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Listening, respect and the flow of democracyJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - Last month, we opened the door to an expanded way of thinking about Daily Herald editorials when we hosted a meeting of the new members of a Sounding Board we assembled ...
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Slusher: The also-common news stories we're really thankful forNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - By Jim Slusher A too-common criticism of the news business is that it is built on the rancorous, the controversial, the sensational, the tragic, as if what interests peo...