Jim Slusher
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How breaking sports news affects other decisionsSep 29, 2011 5:00 am - The news of Ozzie Guillen’s abrupt departure from the White Sox had an interesting impact this week even beyond the confines of the Sports pages. For one thing, and I’m ...
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A good newspaper reports news that helps peopleSep 22, 2011 4:00 am - When you think of what makes a news story, what are some of the words that come to mind? Government? Prominence? Schools? Murder? Tragedy? Money, Scandal, Corruption? We...
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Friendship takes step toward an awesome futureSep 15, 2011 5:00 am - In 1994, I attended a journalism workshop devoted to an exciting view of the future of newspapers. Then-Knight Ridder newspaper designer Roger Fidler and a small staff o...
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Wide, interesting variety etched on face of the suburbsSep 01, 2011 5:00 am - Just who are we in the suburbs? We’re often portrayed in monotone. Written off as bland vanilla. Beige. Banal. Colorless. Odorless. Tasteless. The newspaper tells a dif...
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Yes, we have an agenda when we write storiesAug 18, 2011 12:00 am - Many people assume the Daily Herald has an overriding agenda with every story we produce, and they're right. Actually, we have two agendas — to engage and to inform. Wha...
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Finding a way to energize your insect war storiesAug 11, 2011 12:00 am - Today, I want to talk about mosquitoes. I could talk about financial reporting, but you’re depressed enough. So, I’m back to mosquitoes. But I just don’t know what to sa...
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Reporting skills play key role in news photographyJul 28, 2011 12:00 am - News stories are born in many different ways. Some just occur. Wars. Floods. Pestilence. Crimes, On rare occasions in Chicago, major professional sports championships. S...
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‘Hot off the presses’ takes on new meaningJul 21, 2011 4:00 am - Random thoughts: Ÿ Editors at the Daily Herald begin every day with a question from Executive Editor Madeleine Doubek: “What will people in the suburbs be talking about ...
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Disaster coverage focuses on usefulnessJul 14, 2011 3:00 am - If a heat wave during the past week caused the deaths of 32 county residents, where do you think the story should run in the local newspaper? In the Cook County Herald —...
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Blagojevich story obscures some serious businessJun 30, 2011 3:00 am - It’s hard for me to think of Rod Blagojevich as anything but a creature of the news media. Is that why I feel so sorry for him and his family? Not that justice wasn’t do...