Articles filed under Inside the Newsroom
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How We Got The Story: How a lost shoe sparked a social media sensation and a Daily Herald storyApr 03, 2023 1:00 am - Man loses shoe in Schaumburg. Ordinarily, that's not the kind of event that merits a newspaper story. Or so I thought. Early last month, an editor asked me to follow up...
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Beyond the Byline: Gregor has seen evolution of baseball over three decades of covering the SoxApr 03, 2023 1:00 am - Scot Gregor is the Daily Herald's Chicago White Sox beat writer, a position he's held since 1994. He's won multiple awards, most recently a first-place honor in 2021 fro...
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Policy Corner: What's really 'far left' or 'far right'?Apr 03, 2023 1:00 am - We are noticing the use of the labels "left" and "right," or more to the point "far left" and "far right," in news copy lately, ours included. And we have to be mindful ...
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From the Editor: Why we endorse in political contestsMar 29, 2023 1:00 am - In 1995, I was the Daily Herald's editor for Naperville and Lisle. Come election time, I was deputized to the Editorial Board for the purpose of endorsing in local races...
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How We Got The Picture: 'Determined to make a difference'Mar 21, 2023 1:00 am - The assignment was to photograph Alex Mathiesen, an area man and former heroin addict who now works as director of programs for the Arlington Heights-based Live4Lali com...
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Beyond the Byline: Coming 'home' to build a family in the MidwestMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - Jim Slusher and his wife Patty loved their life in San Diego in the late 1980s, but there was something else they loved more - their families and their roots in the Midw...
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Policy corner: 'Lame-duck session' and other terms we try to avoidFeb 16, 2023 12:00 am - The 102nd General Assembly of Illinois wrapped up some final legislation in January, in a session lasting a little more than a week, including to enact a ban on the sale...
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Beyond the Byline: Diverse career, one employer for Senior Writer Kevin SchmitDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - It doesn't take long for Senior Writer Kevin Schmit to list the jobs he's held as an adult. The list begins and ends with the Daily Herald. A 1987 graduate of Buffalo Gr...
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Curtain: The December Newspaper Movie of the MonthDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - 'The Christmas Edition' Look, this is not one of our favorites or even a name that made it onto our Nice List, but if you want a movie that blends newspapers and Christm...
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Policy corner: It might take a while before we can say someone "wins" an electionDec 05, 2022 12:00 am - The Nov. 8 Election Day happened nearly a month ago already, but only in the last couple of weeks could we declare that some candidates officially won their races. In re...