Jim Slusher
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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...
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The anatomy of a distinction on lame-duck votesJan 03, 2013 7:57 am - In a literal sense, lame ducks ought to be easy targets. By definition — assuming one is willing to tolerate the insensitive term lame duck over the more compassionate a...
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Events that test the limits of the goal of restraintDec 20, 2012 4:00 am - Our first impulse was for restraint, but it is impossible to be fully restrained when 20 elementary schoolchildren are shot dead, along with teachers, a principal and ot...
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Seeking sanity in definition of news judgmentDec 13, 2012 4:00 am - I have grown, over time, to be very skeptical about what is considered obvious in the way of judgment calls and to try to maintain some humility in assessing the work an...
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Keeping excellence in the equation of school coverageDec 06, 2012 7:45 am - Celebrating excellence is a fundamental function of the Daily Herald. In the context of our motto expressed at the top of the Opinion page, I rank it under the heading o...