Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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The challenges of crunching numbers on Election NightMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - "All results are unofficial." That caveat was included in every local election story we published in the April 7 edition. And, indeed, there were scores of races that we...
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Behind the Curtain: May's Newspaper Movie of the MonthMay 03, 2021 1:00 am - 'The Philadelphia Story' OK, so this isn't a traditional newspaper story, but since Jimmy Stewart plays a tabloid reporter, isn't that excuse enough to get him, Katharin...
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COVID-19 pandemic a roller coaster of data points from heartbreaking to hopefulApr 05, 2021 5:00 am - On March 22 for the first time in weeks, I took a quick look at new COVID-19 case counts. This was a bit of a fishing expedition as the COVID-19 news du jour was the nee...
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Beyond the Byline: Sean Stangland, Assistant News EditorApr 05, 2021 5:00 am - Aside from his days in the dorms at Eastern Illinois University in downstate Charleston, Assistant News Editor Sean Stangland has spent all of his 41 years in the suburb...
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Behind the Curtain: How the Daily Herald covers courthouse newsApr 05, 2021 5:00 am - Newspapers as a matter of course cover the courts, both criminal and civil. But we tend to handle them in different ways. Felony criminal charges are derived from a coll...
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Behind the Curtain: Covering sports in the pandemic yearApr 05, 2021 5:00 am - We're more than a year into the pandemic, and even with marked improvements and a vaccine, covering sporting events remains quite different compared to 10 months ago. Du...
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Beyond the Byline: Sean Stangland, Assistant News EditorApr 05, 2021 5:00 am - Aside from his days in the dorms at Eastern Illinois University in downstate Charleston, Assistant News Editor Sean Stangland has spent all of his 41 years in the suburb...
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Behind the Picture: O'Hare during the height of the COVID-19 lockdownApr 05, 2021 5:00 am - If you live in the Chicago suburbs, chances are that you have been to O'Hare International Airport at sometime or another, probably many times. As a news photographer, I...
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Behind the Curtain: The March Movie of the MonthMar 01, 2021 12:00 am - 'News of the World' Of all the movies we've highlighted with our monthly picks, "News of the World" offers what may be the most unique view of newspapering: Tom Hanks pl...
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Policy corner: Matters of tasteMar 01, 2021 12:00 am - In the same way that you know pornography when you see it, newspaper editors have a good feel for where the line is between good taste and bad. Don't judge us by how we ...