Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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Making sense of images and video from a chaotic nightSep 12, 2020 1:00 am - It wasn't long after an Antioch 17-year-old shot three people in Kenosha that a photo composite made the rounds on social media. On the left, the teen holding a military...
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Policy Corner: Why data is important in our reportingSep 03, 2020 1:00 am - For a journalist, there is nothing quite like having data to support your reporting. He-said/she-said stories sometimes are unavoidable. Who is a reader to believe? Data...
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Behind the Curtain: September Newspaper Movie of the MonthSep 03, 2020 1:00 am - Meet John Doe This 1941 Frank Capra classic is as much a movie about politics as it is about newspapers. Golden Age stars Barbara Stanwyck, playing a reporter who makes ...
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A serendipitous encounter with giant kitesAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - Serendipitous encounters with newsworthy and visually striking subjects are among the most interesting aspects of a photojournalist's job. There are multiple routes one ...
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How we produced newspapers after a cyberattack took out all our serversAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - I work second shift, so I sleep from about 3:30 to 11:30 a.m. On July 21, my boss called me at 11 a.m. or so: A cyberattack had taken down all the company's servers, an...
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Letter from the editor: Authorities might be silent, but we still seek detailsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - Early in the morning on Saturday, June 27, something dramatic happened at a house on Picton Road in Roselle. More than a month later, we still don't know much about what...
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Policy Corner: When we name crime victimsAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - We are all curious, which is one reason we read newspapers. I'm sure you've had occasion to read a news story and wanted more detail than the writer offered. Sometimes t...
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Behind the Curtain: Our August newspaper movie of the monthAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - 'The Hudsucker Proxy' We are major Coen Brothers fans, so we are scratching our heads as to why it took so long for us to choose "The Hudsucker Proxy" (1994) as our News...
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Beyond the Byline: Senior Managing Editor Diane DungeyAug 03, 2020 1:00 am - A love of writing brought Diane Dungey into journalism, but her chief delights on the job are meeting and learning about interesting people and producing work that holds...
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Beyond the Byline: Michelle Holdway, relentless grammarian and No. 2 on the night copy deskJul 06, 2020 1:00 am - News editor Michelle Holdway is second in command on the night copy desk, overseeing the editing and design of the inside news pages and supervising reporters on the pol...