Jim Slusher
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Election 2024 putting trust under an unusual strainSep 16, 2024 4:00 am - It has often been said by advocates for both major political parties that the General Election of November 2024 is the most important in generations. The claims may be pa...
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‘KEV-in! KEV-in!’: The sports stories that don’t get toldSep 12, 2024 4:00 am - This is not a “Casey At The Bat” story. It is better. A young man steps awkwardly into the batter’s box. He is of average height. His legs are stiff as two closet dowels ...
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Some policy housekeeping as campaign coverage steps upSep 05, 2024 4:00 am - With Labor Day behind us, we are in the thick of the General Election campaign season, so it seems a good time to revisit some issues readers and candidates should keep i...
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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.