Villified today by some as America’s enemies, immigrants and refugees actually may be saviors of the nation’s disintegrating cities. The Rust Belt cities of Cleveland, Ohio, and Buffalo, Ny., among the poorest in America, have in … Read more
Yes, today’s interviews at agencies serving the poor and homeless of Cleveland are enlightening. But I really appreciate the break from the tragedy and trauma for lunch at Presti’s Bakery, 12101 Mayfield Road, a fixture on … Read more
Whatever the upbringing of Mark Twain (Sam Clemens) in slave-state Missouri, he was a critic of lynching by adulthood. In “Only a Nigger,”—an August 26, 1869, Buffalo Express column attributed to him—he told of the rape … Read more
Chicago’s Hyde Park Hair Salon, 5234-B South Blackstone, bills itself as the official barbershop of President Barack Obama. True, the president has been going to the barbershop for at least 20 years (though security now requires … Read more
Sorry, world, beginning today, Oct. 2, I’ve decided to report on our daily misadventures, however insignificant, complete with sexy starlet sightings (just kidding). Our 13 hours of driving begin at 7 a.m. in Chicago with Alyssa … Read more
Loren Ghiglione (b. April 5, 1941) was president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (1989-1990) during his 26 years (1969-1995) as editor-publisher-owner of the Southbridge (Mass.) Evening News. He then consulted to The Newseum (1995-96), directed journalism program at Emory (1996-99), USC (1999-2001) and Northwestern (2001-06), and served as president of the Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication (2006-07). He has written or edited eight books about journalism and teaches global journalism and media history at Northwestern.
