Jim Slusher
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Our blogs: All the news that fits and then someAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - More-cynical voters often ascribe to the position that anyone who seeks a political office is prima facie unqualified to hold it. Political jobs in themselves don't pay ...
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Shriver's legacy: A look at the nature of heavenAug 11, 2009 11:00 pm - "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these." ...
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Local news is daily devotion of the Daily HeraldAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Local. Every day. Everywhere. It's not yet a Daily Herald slogan, but it could be. Managing Editor Madeleine Doubek informally coined the phrase this week as a group of ...
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Keeping things lively even in calm of summerJul 29, 2009 11:00 pm - It is 9:30 p.m. and Daily Herald reporter Christy Gutowski, already at the end of a long day of following courts in DuPage County, is banging out the lead to a scoop tha...
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Despite time, journalism's basics remain constantJul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Nancy 2: What nerve! I'm not you! You're me twenty years ago! Nancy 1: What?! You have a lot of nerve saying I'm going to look like THAT in twenty years! - From Firesign...
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Tracking spotlight sometimes fun but always fleetingJul 01, 2009 11:00 pm - It started with an apparent slip of the tongue. My 19-year-old son and I were talking about the rule of threes in prominent deaths. "There's Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawc...
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'Aging' still an important part of news processJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the more painful videos I've watched as a newspaper journalist is a clip from a recent "Daily Show" in which Jason Jones buckles the knees of The New York Times, ...
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Changes seek more decorum in online conversationsJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - One of the exciting advances that the World Wide Web enabled for the experience of reading a newspaper was the ability for readers to respond immediately to stories and ...
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Taking a tender approach when life meets deathJun 04, 2009 11:00 pm - A group of six, perhaps seven, is huddled around a computer at Director of Photography Jeff Knox's desk in the middle of the newsroom. They are a mix of managers, report...
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Call, write, vote: But, above all, finish the jobMay 27, 2009 11:00 pm - Getting you information is our job. Doing something with it is yours. Nowhere is this generally unspoken compact between a newspaper and its readers more apparent than i...