Jim Slusher
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Good journalism aims to produce more than angerApr 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Our editorial on this page in Wednesday's editions focused on solutions to the pensions mess that we've been writing about all week. But it also carried an implicit mess...
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Ray brings reporter's spirit to role as chairmanApr 22, 2010 11:00 pm - Douglas K. Ray still considers himself a "reporter at heart." But as the new chairman of the board for Paddock Publications, he's come a long way from the days when he s...
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When all the news that fits doesn't, blogs to the rescueApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - One of many valuable features of the Daily Herald's website is the many ways it allows us to expand our local coverage. On a routine basis, it allows us to squeeze in a ...
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Longtime Paddock Publications leader reflects on 46-year careerApr 21, 2010 11:00 pm - First of two parts For Daniel E. Baumann, the changing of the guard at the head the Paddock Publications last week culminated a 46-year career with the company as a repo...
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It's extraordinary how often ordinary people make newsMar 31, 2010 11:00 pm - There is an axiom in the newspaper business that every person is a news story. If you dig deep enough, you'll find something remarkable about even the most ordinary pers...
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Protests may be public, but they're not always newsMar 17, 2010 11:00 pm - One of the great qualities of this country is that everyone has a right to speak his mind. Another is that not everyone has to be heard all the time. For a newspaper, na...
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'Sausage making' stories can have a higher purposeMar 03, 2010 10:00 pm - When it comes to government reporting, the Daily Herald is very selective about approaching "process" stories. Our goal on a particular issue is to make sure you know wh...
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Take pen in hand (but use your own words, please)Feb 24, 2010 10:00 pm - Long before the word blog was a gleam in some Web pioneer's goo-goo-googly eye, there was another way in which average people with something to say about the world got t...
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Even cosmopolitan suburbs respond to call of the wildFeb 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Sooner or later, every reporter will have an oddity from the animal kingdom somewhere in his or her portfolio. Mine was a cat nursing three baby rabbits along with her o...
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The blame game and the election of Scott CohenFeb 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has offered a couple of understandable shots at the news media in the past week over the Scott Lee Cohen debacle. Questioned abou...