Jim Slusher
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A small step to uphold our contract of trustApr 11, 2013 10:44 am - In journalism lore, names like Jayson Blair and Stephen Glass and Janet Cooke carry their own special chill. All three are writers who reached the pinnacles of success i...
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Celebrating some of the copy editor’s work you do seeMar 28, 2013 5:00 am - Today I come to praise the headline writer’s art. And the impetus for my thoughts is this gem from last Friday’s sports page: “Life of no Brian.” The headline, playing o...
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The seeds of inspiration are all sizesMar 21, 2013 5:00 am - “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of...
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News decisions involve more than hits and clicksMar 14, 2013 11:33 am - Random thoughts journalistic: Ÿ I promise not to devote yet another entire column to coverage of the April 9 election, but I couldn’t help shuddering at a true fact that...
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Endorsements built on sincerity, care for suburbsMar 07, 2013 4:00 am - On Sunday, we launched into a three-week period of election endorsements with an explanation of why we do them. Today, I want to give you a little closer look at how the...
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Random thoughts on deadlines, fiction and fraudFeb 21, 2013 4:00 am - Meditations of a journalistic kind: Ÿ Ours is a business of constant online deadlines throughout the day with that one overriding capital-D Deadline of the daily press s...
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The process of talking with -- and listening to -- each otherFeb 14, 2013 8:23 am - Following along with the president’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night online, I saw interesting tweets from several Twitter accounts to this effect: “Apparently, ...
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Protecting the currency of trust in all we publishJan 31, 2013 8:33 am - It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since New York Times reporter Jayson Blair was caught in a web of deceit and plagiarism that cast a deep stain of doubt on the cr...
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An addition helps strengthen the 'mysterious' editorial boardJan 16, 2013 11:00 pm - Renee Trappe, the Daily Herald's assistant managing editor for local news, joined the newspaper's editorial board this week, and that gives me a dual opportunity today. ...
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Stunt shows what papers do — engageJan 10, 2013 7:00 am - All right, pay attention. Ah, well, actually, I may not have to ask that of you. If a stunt pulled by a Belgian advertising agency is any indication, you're already pret...