Jim Slusher
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When clever clichés overwhelm truth in political debateAug 29, 2024 4:00 am - As we step into the quasi-official start of the political campaign for the Nov. 5 General Election, we are certain to hear a wide range of clichés intended to suggest the...
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A summer of putting ‘big picture, local focus’ to the testAug 22, 2024 4:00 am - A driving point of the Daily Herald’s news mission is found in the phrase we commonly use “big picture, local focus.” We have had some high-profile opportunities to put t...
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Putting the journalism in photojournalismAug 15, 2024 4:00 am - Pictures are famously loquacious, and they play a prominent role in today’s print journalism, perhaps more prominent than you may think. Yes, those of us in the word end ...
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Again, remember, don’t dismiss the importance of VP pickAug 09, 2024 4:00 am - This is an election year for thinking a lot about vice presidents. Just over three weeks ago, our Editorial Board reflected on Donald Trump and the Republicans’ choice of...
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Media, messages and the deepening search for trustAug 01, 2024 4:00 am - I’ve never been able to comfortably understand Marshall McLuhan’s famous dictum “the medium is the message.” It seems to me a quaint way of saying “the medium defines the...
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The enduring, important role of ‘keepsakes’Jul 25, 2024 4:00 am - We think of them as “keepsake editions.” They describe events of historic moment, good and bad. They provide a vivid reminder in a close, personal way of how we felt — an...
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The nature of a crisis and the determination that overcomes itJul 20, 2024 2:00 pm - Columnist Jim Slusher: In more than five decades as a daily news operation, the Daily Herald has faced few experiences, perhaps none, as difficult, demanding and uncertain as the past week.
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Reflections on mixed success in 25 years of nurturing trustJul 18, 2024 11:10 am - Today, forgive me some self-indulgence. But significant anniversaries do deserve acknowledgment, no? In June 1999, I served a variety of newsroom functions at the Daily H...
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Quote of the monthJul 01, 2024 7:45 pm - You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgments about what is going on. - Harry S Truman ...
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The importance of context — and reserve — in dealing with controversyJun 27, 2024 6:50 pm - A few weeks ago, I discussed the lessons of a controversy at Glenbrook South High School in terms of free speech. It turns out the flap over a student’s comments in the s...