Articles filed under Pulling Back The Curtain
-
The excitement, hard work of shooting a storm
Jan 31, 2020 9:28 PM - There is something about a good thunderstorm that gets your heart pumping. Storms can incite fear, excitement and awe. -
Curtain: The December newspaper movie of the month
Jan 9, 2020 1:00 AM - The Daily Herald's newspaper movie of the month for January has a suburban connection -- even if it's just a slight one. -
How we got the pitcure: 'Egret criss-crossing the Fox River'
Jan 8, 2020 8:48 AM - Photographers are used to working under tight deadlines. High school sports, school board meetings and breaking news are among the variety of assignments where we are asked to search for and submit defining moments from often complex situations. An egret flying over the Fox River offered me a respite. -
Beyond the byline: Caroline Linden, news editor
Jan 7, 2020 9:49 AM - Growing up the daughter of a University of Missouri (Columbia) journalism professor, News Editor Caroline Linden never entertained the idea of a journalism career until she was recommended to take a journalistic writing class in high school. She was told her writing was too long-winded and this might help. When her feature on the marching band drum majors was chosen to run in the paper, she was hooked. Two days after graduating from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, she started as a copy editor on the Daily Herald's night desk. That was 22 years ago. -
'Contest season' is a time to reflect and learn
Jan 6, 2020 1:19 PM - Columnist Jim Slusher: As we step into a new year, it's only natural to reflect on the one just past. For news organizations, this is more than an introspective exercise; it's also a precursor to what we might loosely call "contest season."
-
In today's Policy Corner we look at the rules and philosophy regarding the use of anonymous sources
Jan 6, 2020 1:00 AM - In today's exploration of newspaper policies, Managing Editor Jim Baumann looks at the rules regarding the use of anonymous sources, why they're important and the danger of using them too often -
Curtain: The December newspaper movie of the month
Dec 2, 2019 10:56 AM - The Daily Herald's newspaper movie of the month for December is not one that casts newsrooms in a positive light. -
December's newspaper quote of the monthDec 2, 2019 9:45 AM - The Daily Herald's newspaper quotation of the month for December
-
Pulling Back the Curtain: How we decided against IDing Richard Jewell
Dec 2, 2019 9:45 AM - In this Pulling Back the Curtain essay, Editor John Lampinen explains how the Daily Herald broke with most of the news media to withhold naming Richard Jewell as a suspect in the Olympic bombing in 1996. -
What we see is what you get: Our rules on photo manipulation
Dec 2, 2019 9:45 AM - Policy Corner: If you see a photo in the Daily Herald, you can rest assured that, yes, whatever you're looking at is just what the photographer saw.
bottom clear