Read at Daily Herald website It’s not often one would expect to see the phrases “Donald Trump” and “sacred” in close proximity with each other without an “is nothing” in there somewhere, but as the 2016 presidential campaign is amply demonstrating, anything can happen. Unfortunately, this anything involved what Daily Herald Editor John Lampinen rightly Read More …
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There’s a reason print newspapers still have imitators
Read at Daily Herald website Ronald Reagan’s famous Cold War maxim “Trust but verify” has too many applications to list, but few are more appropriate than one dealing with print newspapers. The somewhat-less-than-reliable new Lake County Gazette is an extreme case in point. As newspapers bravely soldier through the most bruising in a long history Read More …
Asking the right question about who wins a political debate
Read at Daily Herald website If you ache to learn who won that candidate’s debate you just watched, either you are asking the wrong question or there was no real winner. For the only one who should be a winner in a candidate’s debate is you, the voter. One of the things that most disappoints Read More …
Some deceptions to watch for as primaries approach
Read column at Daily Herald website It should always be affirmed at the outset that for most elections, most candidates behave with dignity and a sense of responsibility. But at the same time, many don’t. So as the campaign leading to the March 15 primary ﴾and Feb. 29 early voting﴿ gets under way in earnest, Read More …
When ‘trial by media’ is a risk, remember: Think critically, explore many sources
Read column at Daily Herald website In covering crime and punishment, news organizations often have to fend with fears that a case will be “tried in the newspapers.” The recent Netflix documentary “Making a Murderer” moves the debate to the entertainment industry as well. Wherever the intersection of public interest and criminal justice attracts widespread Read More …
The numbers to remember when covering Powerball fever
That you are reading this column in today’s Daily Herald doesn’t necessarily mean I still work here. I had to finish the column before the $1.5 billion Powerball drawing, so it’s conceivable that I won and have decided to sleep in this morning and every morning from now on. Conceivable. Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaha!!!! Yes, in the way Read More …
Turning to arts, history to understand journalism
Here’s my column in today’s Daily Herald. Space limitations didn’t allow me to go into much detail, but I thought each of the items referenced deserved attention. So, let me emphasize here, how much I urge you to either read the play “Little Murders” or look up the movie, starring Elliott Gould, Alan Arkin and others. Read More …
High school’s hijab event starts a national conversation
Read Column at dailyherald.com Who knew a headscarf could attract so much attention? The experiences of a former Daily Herald reporter might provide some clues. In 2005, then‐staff writer Nadia Malik, who has since moved on to other professional interests, wrote a compelling first‐person story ﴾http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20050227/discuss/502279999/﴿ about the wrenching decision she ‐‐ as a Read More …
Doing our job when politicians don’t do theirs
READ ON DAILYHERALD.COM No news, we note in this business, is not good news. That twist on an old maxim is particularly relevant, and on many levels, as it pertains to coverage this week of the impasse between the Republican governor and Democratic legislative leaders over the state’s budget. It was prominent in the minds Read More …
Hero? Goat? Elephant? Often, it takes time to know for sure
Read it in the Daily Herald If you’re trying to assess news stories involving, say, Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, Patrick Kane or Robert Breuder ‐‐ or, for that matter, the political candidacies of Ben Carson, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump or any of the other dozen and a half people running for president, the newspaper and other Read More …