Articles filed under Daily Herald Media Group
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Paddock's Town Square Publications acquires rival Village ProfileOct 17, 2014 1:01 am - The suburban Town Square Publications LLC has acquired one of its primary competitors, Elgin-based Village Profile, in a deal that was announced shortly after the closin...
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Newpaper's role in teaching Common CoreOct 11, 2014 8:00 am - Introducing the concept of argumentative writing to seventh-graders can be challenging. “You take a stand,” I tell the students in my charge. “You're trying to persuade ...
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Reflejos: Changing lives one at a timeOct 10, 2014 1:00 am - South African activist and former President Nelson Mandela once said, “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.” Our newspaper, Reflejos, a...
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Gire: Teaching reminds me of what I do - and whyOct 09, 2014 1:01 am - I teach writing and journalism for three reasons, aside from supplemental income and filling my spare time with something besides golf or Candy Crush. 1. To be the mento...
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National Newspaper Week: Why we do what we doOct 08, 2014 5:30 am - There's certainly self-interest in a newspaper promoting literacy and education. Without readers, who would buy our paper? It speaks to the third part of my grandfather ...
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Mike Spellman, John Dietz to cover Blackhawks beat for Daily HeraldOct 08, 2014 1:01 am - For the first time in 26 years, we open the Daily Herald's coverage of the Blackhawks season without Tim Sassone, who passed away last spring. While it's difficult to re...
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National Newspaper Week: Why grammar is importantOct 07, 2014 1:00 am - I don't remember exactly when Grammar Moses was born, but I do recall administering regular quizzes to the small group of people with whom I worked when I adopted my fir...
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Connect with our staff todayOct 06, 2014 1:00 am - Today is National News Engagement Day and journalists across the country, including the Daily Herald, are trying to putting the spotlight on all the ways we can use tech...
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Daily Herald and readers: We're in this news business togetherOct 06, 2014 1:00 am - “To fear God, tell the truth and make money.” That's the motto our founder, H.C. Paddock, wrote back in 1872. I can imagine, if he were alive today, Hosea would add an e...
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Letter to Readers: The values a good newspaper teachesOct 05, 2014 5:30 am - A lot of memories fade over the years, but a warm image from my childhood still clear in my head is being sprawled out on the living room floor with the color comics spr...