Jim Slusher

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 in northwestern Illinois, Michigan and California. He is the author of two ebooks – a novel, Leviathan’s Scales, and a collection of essays and short fiction, Faith of a Father and Other Short Stories. He and his wife Patty live in Mount Prospect, where they raised three sons. His work is showcased at his web site, www.jimslusher.com.