Timothy J. McNulty

The initial story of the deadly bicycle race Sunday was spare and partially incorrect. The three-paragraph report of a Chicago bicyclist killed riding through a North Side intersection had only...

Let me talk about a competition that is less about sports than it is a clash over money and principle. The controversy over who owns high school sports photos has...

In an election year, "fairness" is a hot-button word. Readers may object to the focus of a story, but those complaints don't hold a candle to the outrage expressed over...

Opinions were split on whether the Tribune should have removed its online comment boards on political news during the final week before Tuesday's primary. The decision was prompted by anonymous,...

Earlier this week, the Tribune shut down comment boards on its Web site for all political news stories. It also took down comments on an opinion column about Muslims, and...

I taught a graduate class in journalism not long ago and I was surprised when a student declared he thought it fine to work for a news organization during the...

Avoid predictions -- only God knows the future. That dictum, or something similar, is taught to every young journalist. A corollary is every time you try to predict, it will...

Journalists should recognize their weak spots and moments of unintentional bias when dealing with religion and morality. For instance, Wednesday's main headline on the front page said "Grandfather charged in...

The term "middle class" appeared in the Tribune 163 times this year and it is a term so broad and inclusive, nobody knows what it really means. On Monday, a...

The tale about a company cautioning seasonal Santas not to say "Ho, ho, ho" because it is demeaning to women all but begged readers to comment. No matter that the...