Articles filed under Pulling Back The Curtain
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Beyond the Byline: Eric Peterson, lifelong resident of the suburbsNov 04, 2024 4:28 pm - Eric Peterson currently covers Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates, Bartlett, Streamwood, Hanover Park, Prospect Heights and school districts 54 and 211 for the Daily Herald. He ...
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Covering a story about a subject you grew up loving brings back all the feelsNov 04, 2024 11:48 am - One of the great things about being a journalist is learning about new subjects that you know nothing about. But the better thing is getting to cover a story about something you love.
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Managing expectations in the new vote-counting environmentNov 04, 2024 4:00 am - At long last, we find ourselves at the eve of Election Day, and this year more than most, I am drawn to reflect on how different our expectations have to be regarding whe...
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The April solar eclipse brought unexpected emotionNov 01, 2024 4:00 am - The emotion experienced by the crowds watching the eclipse gave me reason to look forward to the next solar event
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'The Philadelphia Story'Jun 30, 2024 7:35 pm - Movie of the Month: Philadelphia Story
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Our mission: Keeping you in the knowJun 30, 2024 7:17 pm - In my desk, I keep a few reminders of my earliest days in the Daily Herald newsroom. One is a tattered paperback dictionary, now held together with a rubber band, passed...
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Behind the curtain: Field of flagsJun 30, 2024 5:33 pm - Every day is different as a Daily Herald photojournalist, and every assignment that I cover brings a new opportunity to tell our readers’ stories. On Thursday, May 23, I ...
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The lengths to which I’ll go for a story: I drank cicada-infused Malört so you didn’t have toJun 30, 2024 5:27 pm - When a lombard brewery started serving cicada-infused Malört, there was really only one way to properly tell the story: try it.
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Beyond the Byline: Northwestern journalism resident Maggie Rose BaronMay 12, 2024 3:30 pm - An Oak Park native who has spent her whole life in the Chicago area, Daily Herald intern and Northwestern University junior Maggie Rose Baron is learning to look at the s...
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Small details make a difference, like finding out what time something startsMay 12, 2024 3:25 pm - I learned a valuable lesson recently about the importance of small details when I agreed to write a story about an all-ages swim club in Elgin. Always find out what time...
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