Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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The next 'Hamilton'? Getting the inside scoop just in caseMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - “I'm not saying it's going to be the next ‘Hamilton,'” I told my editors last year when I pitched a behind-the-scenes story about the making of Paramount Theatre's new t...
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Tracking down suburban ties to top entertainment awardsMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - The idea for the story we ran Jan. 19 on SAG Awards production manager Adam Cohen was pitched by the award show's publicist, who touted the Stevenson High School grad's ...
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How we got the photo: 'Cancer fighter' makes a personal connectionMar 02, 2020 12:00 am - How does a middle-aged man with two cameras come to be in a 11-year-old shirtless boy's bedroom and it still be socially OK? Let me explain ... I met Michael Carr of Blo...
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Beyond the Byline: Deputy Managing Editor Pete Nenni's 46 years steeped in suburbs' historyMar 01, 2020 11:00 pm - If you count his work on newspapers in junior high school, high school, college and professionally, Pete Nenni has a journalism career that has spanned some 46 years in ...
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THE QUOTE OF THE MONTHFeb 01, 2020 12:00 am - "It will be my earnest aim that The New-York Times give the news, all the news, in concise and attractive form, in language that is parliamentary in good society, and gi...
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The Daily Herald's newspaper movie of the month for FebruaryFeb 01, 2020 12:00 am - 'Zodiac' Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr. star in the gripping 2007 mystery about the search for the 1960s serial killer who sent clues and evidence t...
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Shocking tragedy forced scramble to redesign front-pageJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - Considerable planning goes into creating the editions of the Daily Herald you read on Sundays and Mondays. It starts early each week, culminates with a Thursday meeting ...
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Pulling Back the Curtain: How we treat gender in the newsJan 28, 2020 12:00 am - We may be nearly 150 years old as a newsgathering organization, but we're not sticks in the mud. We adapt as society adapts, and sometimes we try to help our readers na...
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How we played the story when there was more to the storyJan 23, 2020 12:00 am - On a Monday morning last month, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin, along with Lisle police and the DuPage County sheriff's office, had a big announcement to m...
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Finding heartwarming community stories in daily beat reportingJan 14, 2020 12:00 am - As a beat reporter, I'm often reminded of how important it is to be present in the communities I cover. Sure, there are days when I spend most of my time at my desk send...