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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: My iftar and 'a new reality' that benefits everyone

By Jim Slusher
Apr 7, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: I participated in an iftar this week. Beyond the fact that I am not Muslim, that is not a particularly noteworthy announcement, but the experience did lead me to reflect on issues we at the Daily Herald take into consideration when we set about to report on religious holidays and events in the suburbs.
Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Caring about every word has always been 'something to think about'

By Jim Slusher
Mar 31, 2022 3:07 PM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Over the course of a long career, you form memories. Sometimes you want to share them just because they make you smile. Sometimes there is current value even beyond that.
Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: A crisis for newspapers has produced benefits for readers

By Jim Slusher
Mar 17, 2022 9:27 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Political opponents have enjoyed taking Rahm Emanuel to task for his famous call to never let a crisis "go to waste," but the former Chicago mayor and current U.S. ambassador to Japan had a point that has not been lost on us in the newspaper industry in recent years.
Even history's 'first draft' needs to include context

By Jim Slusher
Mar 10, 2022 8:53 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: When people refer to newspapers as, in the words of a famous phrase, "the first draft of history," they probably are thinking most about the history part. They should not forget, indeed should emphasize, the "first draft" part.
Cynicism and skepticism in the run-up to global conflict

By Jim Slusher
Feb 24, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: We talk often around the Daily Herald about the importance of distinguishing between cynicism and skepticism. The distinction seems especially timely in these dangerous days on the apparent brink of global conflict over Ukraine.
The goal of portraying diversity in the suburbs

By Jim Slusher
Jan 20, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: There was a time not so long ago in newspapering when about the only way readers would see the face of a Black person or other minority in the paper, and especially on the front page, was if the person committed a crime. Thankfully, times change. But they don't always change fast or far enough.
Searching for truth in the vocabulary of democracy

Jan 6, 2022 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Long before lyricist Dan Raye put words to the music of Alan Jacobs in 1940 to create the anthem "This Is My Country," we already were arguing over what America is and who it belongs to.
Sometimes, knowing where to look can't find all the details you need for a story

Dec 9, 2021 1:00 AM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Oh, the things we do in the name of accuracy.
By Jim Slusher
Dec 6, 2021 10:18 AM - Connecting to readers, and helping readers to connect to each other, through social media has become an integral part of the Daily Herald's mission as a community newspaper. In addition to our main Facebook page, DailyHeraldFans, our social media staff manages Facebook pages for our editorial board and various groups, as well as pages on other platforms, including Instagram and Twitter.
A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the news

By Jim Slusher
Dec 7, 2021 5:17 PM - Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news.

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