John Lampinen
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If you value local journalism, here's an opportunity for you to helpJan 23, 2020 7:37 am - Last year, we reported about 26,000 stories, but there still were plenty of stories we didn't get to. That's to some degree the nature of newspapering. There is always o...
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Pulling Back the Curtain: How we decided against IDing Richard JewellDec 02, 2019 8:45 am - On Dec. 13, the theaters will release, "Richard Jewell," the Clint Eastwood movie about the news media's rush to judgment that wrongly identified security guard Richard ...
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Letter from Editor: Our views influence what we cover, but not howNov 04, 2019 5:08 pm - A few of us were having a lively conversation the other day, sparked by a topic on a wire service summary of upcoming stories. The story advanced in The Associated Press...
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The controlled chaos of real breaking newsOct 04, 2019 6:35 pm - By midafternoon on a Friday, the weekend beckons in a newsroom just as it does anywhere else. That was the sunny mood on Friday, Sept. 20, as editors gathered in what w...
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1969: The year of Mick, Woodstock and AquariusAug 02, 2019 2:00 pm - My memory flickers a bit dark these days, but clear as a starry night it awakens to Mick dancing in stutter steps across the stage at the Assembly Hall in Champaign, sna...
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Behind the Curtain: We want to show how we cover the newsJun 02, 2019 10:44 pm - To us, the process of covering the news seems obvious, usually simple but sometimes a little complicated. We view it as mainly common sense, clearly not rocket science, ...
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Daily Herald plans two-block move to new officeMar 27, 2019 2:39 pm - Paddock Publications Inc., owner of the Daily Herald, is moving to new offices this spring, company executives announced Tuesday. The employee-owned company, now headqua...
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Prospect Heights candidates spar over experience, Cloud's airport board ousterFeb 26, 2019 9:37 am - Prospect Heights aldermanic candidate Betty Cloud says Mayor Nick Helmer forced her to resign last summer from the board of the Chicago Executive Airport without a prope...
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Are school boundary changes in District 62's future?Feb 22, 2019 8:53 am - Pressed about the implications of a strategic plan that puts an emphasis on "equity," candidates in the Des Plaines Elementary District 62 school board race concede that...
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Most Wheeling trustee hopefuls oppose executive airport runway expansionFeb 20, 2019 12:43 pm - Though they may differ in their willingness to listen, candidates for the Wheeling village board for the most part say that as things stand now, they oppose any runway e...