Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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The controlled chaos of real breaking newsSep 28, 2019 1:00 am - By midafternoon on a Friday, the weekend beckons in a newsroom just as it does anywhere else. That was the sunny mood on Friday, Sept. 20, as editors gathered in what w...
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The October Newspaper Movie of the MonthSep 28, 2019 1:00 am - 'The Paper' What we love about the 1994 Ron Howard movie, beyond the great comedy and Michael Keaton, is how realistically it portrays the classic chaos of newsroom meet...
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It's always better to be right than firstSep 27, 2019 1:00 am - In this fast-paced world, where everyone with a cellphone and a social media account is a publisher of news, being first matters. We at the Daily Herald know full well t...
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An international route to the suburbsSep 02, 2019 1:00 am - Daily Herald report Elena Ferrarin took quite the circuitous route to end up a as a senior staff writer for the Daily Herald. She was born in Italy and lived in Russia, ...
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It's a new world for preps coverage, but the same values still ruleSep 02, 2019 1:00 am - Forty-five years ago, when I first worked in the high school sports department of a newspaper, if you wanted a score from a Friday night game you had to call us, or pick...
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September's Newspaper Movie of the MonthSep 02, 2019 1:00 am - Our editors debate which screen version of "The Front Page" was best, the original 1931 Pat O'Brien comedy; the 1940 Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell "His Girl Friday" adapt...
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How we took this photo of a barn fireSep 02, 2019 1:00 am - I captured this photo of a barn fire near Warrenville last year. It won a second-place award for spot news from National Press Photographers Association monthly clip co...
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How we got the story: Freedom & Dignity Festival's cancellationAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - The abrupt cancellation of the Freedom and Dignity Music Festival scheduled for Aug. 10 at Schaumburg Boomers Stadium clearly required more activity at the Daily Herald ...
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Looking for good news? Turn to the high school sports pagesAug 23, 2019 1:00 am - Long before we covered the Cubs, the Sox, the Hawks, the Bulls and the Bears, we covered such teams as the Knights, the Mustangs, the Huskies and the Grens. High school ...
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Katlyn Smith: Staff WriterAug 07, 2019 1:00 am - A DuPage native, Katlyn Smith began writing for the Daily Herald in 2011 after graduating with honors from the University of Notre Dame. The coolest part of the job? Tha...