Jim Slusher
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Slusher: Information vacuum is sometimes unavoidable, always uncomfortableSep 10, 2015 1:00 am - And now we wait. Like wheels within wheels, there is a rhythm to the news cycle, and it is not always comforting. In regard to the killing of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewi...
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Slusher: Remember reliability, not just immediacy of breaking newsSep 02, 2015 11:00 pm - Covering breaking news on the so-called 24-hour news cycle has always been fraught with certain perils. It was challenge enough before the turn of the century, when in m...
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Slusher: Our goal: Not 'liberal,' not 'conservative' -- just stimulatingAug 20, 2015 1:00 am - The call I took this morning from a reader unhappy with one of our editorial cartoons could almost serve as a punctuation mark on the theme for today's column. The reade...
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Slusher: The Emanuel Nine and the shortening of small fantasiesJul 16, 2015 1:00 am - We use the name of a man who killed nine people in a church once because we have to. He is a person and has a face and its image is spread across the vast realm of the I...
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Slusher: Versatility a byword for journalistsJul 09, 2015 1:00 am - Some thoughts on recognition and multi-tasking in the news arena: A month ago, I wrote about the fundamental challenges news photographers face trying to capture meanin...
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Slusher: New column will provide insight through direct accessJun 17, 2015 11:00 pm - A newspaper has many distinguishing qualities and components, but one of the most important things it possesses is access. By virtue of the fact that we speak to tens of...
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Slusher: Photographers scramble for a timeless momentJun 10, 2015 11:00 pm - The digital age is altering the work life of a newspaper photographer, but some things - like the unique skill of capturing the emotion and power of a fleeting moment - ...
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Slusher: Our quest in the Chicago Blackhawks quest for the NHL Stanley CupJun 04, 2015 1:00 am - We started Wednesday evening with about the best circumstance we can hope for regarding a major playoff event. The puck was set to drop shortly after 7 p.m. in Game 1 of...
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Slusher: Now is the time to follow politics from suburban perspectiveMay 28, 2015 1:00 am - You may not generally care for the dry tedium of politics, but if you care about the economy of Illinois, the quality of life the suburbs or perhaps even the size of you...
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Slusher: Tweets, reality TV and confusing excitementApr 30, 2015 1:00 am - I wonder if you can guess which part of this phrase, which I noticed while reviewing Twitter one day last week, got me to click on the link that followed: "that is not h...