Articles filed under Daily Herald Media Group
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The stories that stick with us: 'Last Letters Home' revealed permanent link to fallen troops' soulsOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - A story that's stuck with me for 13 years is "Last Letters Home," written for Memorial Day in 2008. It told the stories of the families of four local servicemen who had ...
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The stories that stick with us: How a Daily Herald photo shoot turned into something memorableOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - One of the best parts about this job is meeting inspiring people. They often are local volunteers, philanthropists, schoolteachers, police officers, firefighters and eve...
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The stories that stick with us: How an act of charity led to a powerful story ideaOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - As reporters, we're used to seeing news angles most everywhere we look. Ideas often can present themselves in our daily interactions, on the commute to work and in conve...
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The stories that stick with us: Back-to-back state championships in the hands of the same playerOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - An unforgettable ending made this my most unforgettable story in 26 years of covering high school sports for the Daily Herald. Tied with Montini in the closing seconds o...
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The stories that stick with us: How a last-place runner inspired inspired a passion for track and fieldOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - I had not been long on the track and field beat. The sport - really, the character of track athletes, coaches, parents - had not yet fully revealed itself to me. That ch...
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The stories that stick with us: Learning to make the best of a bad photography positionOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - Sammy Sosa Day, Sept. 20, 1998, is one of the stories I covered that stuck with me through the years. I remember being excited to be assigned to be one of the photojourn...
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The stories that stick with us: We grieved the school bus tragedy; then we tried to stop any others from happeningOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - As Daily Herald executive editor, I hadn't covered a story in a while. But on the morning of Oct. 25, 1995, my instincts as a reporter kicked in when I heard the WGN ra...
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The stories that stick with us: Starting my White Sox career when Michael Jordan was starting hisOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - No matter what, I will always remember my first season covering the White Sox for the Daily Herald. Like Michael Jordan, I was a rookie in 1994. That alone makes it a ye...
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The stories that stick with us: Remembering a girl fighting for her lifeOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - The subject line of the 2014 email was "Thank you - from a former interviewee." The note began: "You might not remember …" But I did remember. How could I not? Sixteen ...
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The stories that stick with us: Through reporting we learn a lot about history, inequitiesOct 03, 2021 1:00 am - In January 2012 it hit me - that year was the 40th anniversary of Title IX. Having reported on a Title IX lawsuit some 12 years earlier that changed the face of athletic...