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Northwestern paper hints at future of journalism

Letter to the Editor | Monday, November 18, 2019

On Nov. 5, former Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke at Northwestern University. As you can imagine, a large group of students came out to protest the man who had been appointed and eventually removed from his position by Donald Trump. The student-run newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, sent one reporter to cover the speech, another to

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Investigating the ‘Cyber Sleuths’

Letter to the Editor | Monday, September 23, 2019

As Notre Dame graduates from Michiana who are now working in the criminal legal system, we feel compelled to comment on last Saturday’s installment in the “What Would You Fight For” advertising campaign. For those unfamiliar with the campaign, installments in the series air during halftimes of Notre Dame football games on NBC. They generally

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Truth is always in style

Raymond Ramirez | Monday, April 15, 2019

In reporting, the news journalists have an overarching principle: seek out and report the truth. The main way to uncover the truth is to assemble relevant facts and convey them to the audience. If enough facts are reported supporting a consistent view of a subject — coalescing into a clear pattern — then the resulting