Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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Behind the Curtain: Introducing Alexa Jurado, from long-time reader to reporting internJul 05, 2021 6:00 am - A native of Chicago's suburbs, Alexa Jurado grew up with the Daily Herald on her grandparents' coffee table. Now, she is a reporting intern for the paper, covering Bart...
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Inside the Daily Herald's coverage of Arlington Park and the BearsJul 01, 2021 1:00 am - There's a long history of this newspaper's coverage of Arlington Park and horse racing, certainly in the Sports pages, for the near-century that the local oval has hoste...
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Policy Corner: Talking to and photographing kidsJun 25, 2021 1:00 am - These days there is heightened awareness about how our kids are portrayed on social media, let alone the news media. We're aware of that. And we understand it. Many of u...
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Copyright and the use of submitted photosJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - Our staff of very talented photojournalists would love to be able to cover every community event and prep sports game. Truth is, we just cannot get to everything we want...
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A sunset in Palatine peaks with color providing an orange backdrop for a passenger jetJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - The same night I photographed the awesome spectacle of the Jupiter and Saturn conjunction that happens every 20 years, a different sort of picture emerged early in the e...
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Capturing the spirit of businesses rebuilding after 2020 riotsJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - I wasn't the reporter covering Naperville or Aurora one year ago, but the civil unrest that caused millions of dollars in damage to both communities is seared in my memo...
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Behind the Curtain: June's Newspaper Movie of the MonthJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - 'Woman of the Year' It's hard to understand why this 1942 romance film fails to show up on more newspaper movie lists. Katharine Hepburn plays a workaholic feminist and ...
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Beyond the Byline: Arriving in the suburbs just in time for a pandemicJun 07, 2021 1:00 am - Daily Herald Report As he was set to graduate from college, Trey Arline could have no idea that anything close to the COVID-19 pandemic was going to impact life for him ...
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Policy Corner: When does race matter in a story?May 03, 2021 1:00 am - I hear from readers occasionally with questions framed as "Why did you make that story about race?" or "What does it matter what race he or she is?" Recent examples have...
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How We Got The Story: Sticking to clear purpose was key to reporting on anniversary of mass shootingMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - As a reporter, any time you are assigned a story that revisits a past tragedy you know it will involve opening wounds that are in various stages of healing. It's so impo...