Jim Slusher
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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...
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Newspaper must not forget ideals in pressing issuesMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - There is still room for ideals in society. Even in Illinois government. Managing Editor Madeleine Doubek reminded me of this recently as we were discussing various eleme...
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Coverage of sports, courts and people who feel out of sortsApr 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Odds and ends: Again, we find ourselves looking for that perfect space between Chicken Little and Pollyanna, between outright panic and unbridled optimism. No, I'm not t...
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Why we didn't post 9-1-1 tapeApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Eight editors in a room. A riveting, but very disturbing tape of the 9-1-1 call from the Hoffman Estates murder scene. The question: Do we put it on the Web for all to h...
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Heroes among us illuminate an often bleak worldApr 15, 2009 11:00 pm - Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is full of trickery. But do not let this blind you to what virtue there is. Many people strive for high ideals, ...
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New newspaper models emerge in difficult timesApr 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Last week, I wrote about some reasons why, even in the face of closings and bankruptcies, I believe newspapers have a bright future. Coincidentally, John Sturm, presiden...