Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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Behind the Curtain: Editor describes election-night planningNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - I've been around long enough to remember Y-2K. Normally on New Year's Eve, our staff members are scattered to the winds and hopefully not embarrassing themselves in thei...
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How We Got The Picture: Getting "in the zone" for a unique framing of fall colorNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - The morning of Oct. 12 this year wasn't particularly sunny, but it was bright and a laser of color pierced the corner of my right eye as I walked, coffee in hand, to my ...
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How we got the story: The changes required to cover voting in a unique election yearNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - This election season has been like no other, not only for voters but also for reporters covering them. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and a particularly heated political cli...
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After 20 years, Oberhelman's career still evolvingNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - Dave Oberhelman joined the Daily Herald in 1999. After 20 years covering primarily high school sports in DuPage County, he was selected in May 2020 to serve as a writer ...
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Policy Corner: Everything you wanted to know about candidate mug shotsNov 02, 2020 1:00 am - They are tiny - just an inch tall - but they are powerful. I'm talking about mug shots, of course. During political season, the content of those mug shots (head-and-shou...
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Capturing the vintage styling of Sky Harbor hangarOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - ...
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Added complexities brought changes in how we prepare endorsementsOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Orchestrating the Daily Herald's production and publication of election coverage and endorsements is complex, even under normal conditions. During a health pandemic, we ...
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Protocols changing, but basic goals the same for covering prep sportsOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Before high school sports returned in August, I helped with our Cubs and White Sox coverage. I found quite a change from years past now that reporters are not allowed in...
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Behind the Curtain: October's Newspaper Movie of the MonthOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - 'The Parallax View' In 1974, after a decade marred by political assassinations, Warren Beatty plays a newspaper reporter trying to uncover a corporate conspiracy behind ...
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Policy Corner: Beware the October SurpriseOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Some voters have short memories. And some news stories take days or weeks to flesh out. Such knowledge is at the heart of the October Surprise. I'm not talking about the...