Neil Holdway is the assistant managing editor/copy desks at the Daily Herald. He is the lead editor at night, particularly overseeing the final front page of the newspaper each day and the home page of dailyherald.com. He has been at the Daily Herald since 1992, always working on its copy desk, where he oversees the team giving the final edit on stories, writing headlines, designing pages, and now, editing for web. For eight years, Neil worked on the Neighbor section before moving to the night desk in 2000. He also is cycling fanatic, so every now and then he write an article related to the sport.
Neil Holdway
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Policy corner: Do we know a thing happened, or only that someone said it happened?Aug 30, 2023 1:00 am - Sometimes we have to be careful how we, in a headline, declare that something happened. For the front page of our Aug. 24 edition, we ran the news that Yevgeny Prigozhin...
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Policy Corner: An extra layer of responsibility when reporting on lawsuitsAug 07, 2023 1:00 am - A lot of lawsuits are in the news lately, particularly involving Northwestern University athletics but also a noteworthy suburban one involving the shooting of Ludwig th...
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Policy corner: Reporting news of police killing a personJul 03, 2023 1:00 am - Among the reasons the killing of George Floyd by a police officer was such explosive news in 2020 was that what was revealed on video - Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's...
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Policy Corner: What's really 'far left' or 'far right'?Apr 03, 2023 1:00 am - We are noticing the use of the labels "left" and "right," or more to the point "far left" and "far right," in news copy lately, ours included. And we have to be mindful ...
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Policy corner: 'Lame-duck session' and other terms we try to avoidFeb 16, 2023 12:00 am - The 102nd General Assembly of Illinois wrapped up some final legislation in January, in a session lasting a little more than a week, including to enact a ban on the sale...
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Policy corner: It might take a while before we can say someone "wins" an electionDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - The Nov. 8 Election Day happened nearly a month ago already, but only in the last couple of weeks could we declare that some candidates officially won their races. In re...
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Policy Corner: Why we delayed publishing our interview with a murder suspectOct 10, 2022 5:00 am - It's rare that people accused of major crimes want to be interviewed by us or any media. Ronald Dunbar, charged with murder in an April 2021 stabbing outside an Elmhurst...
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Policy Corner: Why we're careful about how we say people are accused of crimesSep 07, 2022 1:00 am - I'm sure you've seen or heard a lot of media use lines like "John Doe allegedly robbed a bank Wednesday" or "the accused killer will appear in court Thursday" or "Jane D...
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Policy corner: Avoiding the term 'assault weapons'Aug 04, 2022 1:00 am - Some suburbs have or are working on "assault weapon bans," and many more people are calling for them. But many object to the term "assault weapons," arguing it's politic...
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Policy Corner: How quickly we identify a crime suspect first called 'a person of interest'Jul 09, 2022 1:00 am - When police and the FBI put out a call for "a person of interest" in the Highland Park July 4 parade shooting, we had a decision to make quickly. They identified him by ...
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