Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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How We Got The Story: Homeless advocate Doug Henke's lonely death brought profound sadnessJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - My relationship with Doug Henke, a homeless blogger from Elgin, was unlike any I've had in my time as a journalist, and finding out he died - and being responsible for h...
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Policy Corner: Why we decided to capitalize the B in 'Black'Jun 26, 2020 1:00 am - In mid-June the Daily Herald adopted a change in its style that now capitalizes the B in "Black" to identify a people of shared identity. We've fielded a few letters fro...
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Lampinen: Introducing our new Report for America reporterJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - We're happy today to introduce you to the newest member of our newsroom. Trey Arline is a recent journalism graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His position...
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The Daily Herald newspaper movie for JulyJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - 'Sweet Smell of Success' In our pandemic livestreaming, we came across this engrossing 1957 film noir that casts Burt Lancaster as a powerful but unscrupulous newspaper...
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How We Got The Picture: Leaning into the turnJun 11, 2020 1:00 am - I was told about the Banana Derby before I went to the McHenry County Fair last July. I knew I wanted to make a photograph of a monkey riding a dog, and I hoped it would...
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The newspaper quote of the monthJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - The newspaper is in all its literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. - Walter Lippmann ...
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Curtain: The Newspaper Movie of the Month for JuneMay 30, 2020 1:00 am - 'It Happened One Night' Clark Gable as a sly reporter, Claudette Colbert as a spoiled socialite - how could we not fall in love with this 1934 romantic comedy by Frank C...
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Policy Corner: Why we don't often disclose details about COVID-19 victimsMay 28, 2020 1:00 am - Amid the torrent of questions we receive through our coronavirus@dailyherald.com email address are those that ask, "Why don't you report the names and addresses of peopl...
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Prep staff has become more enterprising than everMay 26, 2020 1:00 am - March 13 will be a day the high school sports staff at the Daily Herald will always remember. It wasn't the day, as we expected it to be, when the boys basketball teams ...
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Behind the Curtain; taking a photo from a 21-story buildingMay 14, 2020 1:00 am - I've never been a fan of heights but there have been a few occasions in my career where I've had to conquer my fears in order to obtain a unique photo angle. Days after ...