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November 16, 2014 Media

Zelig and the art of winning a Pulitzer: Q&A with J. Ross Baughman, photojournalist

Imagine you’re with the Secret Service. A young Ohioan calls up and says he’ll be joining the Nazi Party. “I

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May 7, 2012 The Solomon Scandals

Counterfeit quarters, a VW and police fun at Lorain (Ohio) Journal

Smith Corona typewriters and all, the Front Page days lasted for decades at the Lorain Journal, now the Morning Journal

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March 10, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Media

Google IS killing newspapers—but not in the way you might think

I mourn the decline of traditional newspapers, like The Telegram in The Solomon Scandals, despite their many flaws. How many

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March 2, 2010 Lorain, Ohio / Media / The Solomon Scandals

‘What Would Google Do’ with my old steeltown newspaper in Lorain, Ohio? Here’s what I’D do.

Related: Media critic James Fallows and Google News’ Josh Cohen will discuss digital-era journalism tomorrow, Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m., in

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April 27, 2009 Building collapses / Skyline Plaza

The Skyline collapse—and property rights vs. human life

Scandals at one level is a beach read, a mix of a thriller and novel of manners. But at another,

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February 15, 2009 Lorain, Ohio

Lorain, Ohio: The real Marseilles, sort of—and Toni Morrison’s old town, on top of that

The Washington, D.C., area gets the most ink in The Solomon Scandals. But Scandals also contains flashbacks to the steel

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