James C. Slusher is an award-winning newspaper writer and editor with more than 47 years’ experience in journalism. As Managing Editor for Opinion at the Daily Herald, he oversees the development of the editorial page and helps define the editorial voice at the third largest daily newspaper in Illinois, serving the west and northwest suburbs of Chicago. His weekly column “Letter To Readers” began appearing in the Daily Herald in 1999. Before joining the Daily Herald in 1989, Slusher taught high school, served as news director of a small Iowa radio station and worked in all newsroom capacities at newspapers... Read More
To Nudge The World
July 15, 2024
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A collection of Jim Slusher’s “Letter to Readers” columns over the past 25 years.
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Jim Slusher
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Jim Slusher is equally adept at writing in institutional voice for his everyday job as an editorial writer as he is writing sometimes deeply personal columns that speak to the human condition and the importance of traditional journalistic ethos. Jim’s weekly column has been effective in tearing down walls between the newspaper and an increasingly suspicious and fractured world of media consumers by showing them how and why we do things. His common-sense approach is conveyed with lyricism, beauty and wit.
Summary
Jim Slusher’s “Letter To Readers” column has appeared weekly in the Daily Herald of suburban Chicago since July 15, 1999, providing insights into the decision making of editors and behind-the-scenes descriptions of their work. In tones ranging from deeply serious to engaging humor, this collection from 25 years of the column examines themes of trust, determination and community that define the relationship between a local daily newspaper and its audience. And it offers glimpses in real time of transformative changes affecting the newspaper industry. 
Jim Slusher, assistant managing editor/opinion page at the Daily Herald in Arlington Heights on Thursday, September 26, 2013.