John Lampinen
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Talk with the Editor: Do endorsements compromise our objectivity?Jan 31, 2012 11:00 pm - Our editorial on Sunday reiterated the Daily Herald's commitment to making political endorsements. Here's one issue the editorial didn't really get into: Do endorsements...
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Talk with the Editor: Was the Gingrich open-marriage question fair?Jan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - Here’s what I think: 1. I would not have aired the ABC News interview with Newt Gingrich’s second wife on the eve of the South Carolina primary. Not that it was an easy ...
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Talk with the Editor: Should newspapers make endorsements?Jan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - On Monday, the Chicago Sun-Times published an editorial announcing that it would no longer make political endorsements, largely on the grounds that the practice comp...
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Talk with the Editor: Does beating video encourage more beatings?Jan 18, 2012 11:00 pm - We made a conscious decision Wednesday against linking to the video of a lengthy beating in Chicago of a 17-year-old by a group of teens, and I’d like your opinion on it...
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Talk with the Editor: The problem with a simplistic view of freedomJan 17, 2012 11:00 pm - I have a relative who is a very kindhearted, altruistic soul, and he occasionally bends my ear about the newspaper. He believes we should give it away free online becaus...
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Talk with the Editor: How goals make a differenceJan 11, 2012 11:00 pm - I appreciate the suggestions some of you have offered for our goal setting for 2012, and I'd love to hear more. Goals are important, and they do result in improvements i...
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Talk with the Editor: Newsroom goals for 2012Jan 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Our editing team is going to sit down next week to finish setting goals for 2012. I’m not talking about stories — what kind of editorial projects and watchdog investigat...
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Talk with the Editor: In poking fun at a name, do we poke fun at a culture?Nov 17, 2011 11:00 pm - We had what I thought was a pretty creative front page in today's print editions. It featured a centerpiece package that was built primarily around the notion that most ...
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Talk with the Editor: Why we reported on Bartlett mayor’s taxesNov 16, 2011 11:00 pm - On Sunday, we reported on Bartlett Mayor Michael Kelly’s failure to pay his property taxes on time. On Tuesday, there was a stormy village board meeting that ended with ...
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Talk with the Editor: The evolving front pageNov 04, 2011 12:00 am - In days gone by, if there was a huge news story in the Chicago area, you could expect to see it on page one of whatever newspaper you picked up. A comparison of today's ...