Jim Slusher
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Why you should care about secret subpoena of APMay 16, 2013 5:00 am - To read much of my email or hear many of my phone calls, you would believe that The Associated Press is a socialist organization in league with President Obama to assure...
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Shooting the rapids of dual playoff runsMay 09, 2013 5:00 am - In the constantly undulating rhythms of the news cycle — now elections take center stage, now a flooding crisis; now, a sensational kidnap story is all the rage, now a c...
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As pension debate heats up more, forum was timely startMay 02, 2013 5:00 am - Even before the forum on pensions that the Daily Herald co-sponsored with Reboot Illinois last week, we knew it was impractical to expect some specific result that would...
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Forum provides a chance for all views on pensions to growApr 18, 2013 10:18 am - The Daily Herald has already stated unambiguously that we think pension reform needs to be instituted immediately and we tend to favor — in principle at least, if not in...
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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...