Articles filed under Pulling Back The Curtain
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How we got the story: Looking back, but not staring, at a horrible caseMar 11, 2024 9:46 am - March 4, 1999. Many remember that fateful day in Naperville when we learned about the three Lemak children who were killed by their mother. As the 25th anniversary of th...
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Beyond the Byline: Christopher PlacekMar 08, 2024 5:56 pm - Senior writer Christopher Placek joined the Daily Herald in 2010, and currently covers news in the Northwest suburbs, with a focus on Arlington Heights, Rolling Meadows, ...
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From the editor: Prep sports coverage requires added graceMar 11, 2024 9:44 am - Several years ago, the owner of a Chicago professional sports team asked me how the Daily Herald covers high school sports and pro sports differently and why. When we cov...
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Movie of the month: The Mean SeasonMar 08, 2024 3:50 pm - Interested in a truly awful newspaper movie? Well, you could try this 1985 suspense film that is idiotic on several levels despite a reasonably good ensemble cast. A youn...
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Behind the photo: WWII vet still passionate about artMar 08, 2024 5:50 pm - Bernard Bluestein’s apartment looks like an art studio. The walls are covered with his drawings and paintings, and many of his sculptures stand tall next to the furniture...
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From hard rock to hard news: The switch from writing about music to designing front pagesJan 19, 2024 6:15 pm - For the last two decades, breaking news for me meant Riot Fest dropped a lineup update or Ravinia announced a new summer show. Now the phrase has taken on a whole new mea...
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Our game plan for Sports in 2024 and beyondJan 19, 2024 6:09 pm - Growing up in Nebraska, I tossed the news section aside every morning and went straight to the Sports section to read about the latest news and exploits of my Huskers. To...
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Beyond the Byline: Northwestern journalism resident Rosie Newmark continues coverage for the suburbsJan 19, 2024 6:04 pm - Daily Herald resident intern and Northwestern senior Rosie Newmark has spent much of her college experience covering Chicago, Evanston and the broader suburban community ...
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Behind the photo: All you need is a little lightJan 20, 2024 7:49 pm - "The way to deal with darkness is not by hiding, but by lighting another candle - by adding one more light." Rabbi Mendel Shemtov, who directs Chabad Jewish Center of Elg...
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Green ZoneJan 20, 2024 1:04 pm - In this 2010 drama starring Matt Damon, Amy Ryan plays a foreign correspondent questioning U.S. claims that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. Her supporting rol...
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