Jim Shella: Indiana Debate Commission can, must do better
The candidates need to be asked tougher questions and then they need to be forced to answer them.
The candidates need to be asked tougher questions and then they need to be forced to answer them.
The primary fight was a race more for sycophant than senator. What a shame.
In December 2016, Brandon Smith stepped into some mighty big shoes. The 30-year-old Chicago native replaced longtime WISH-TV Channel 8 political reporter Jim Shella as host of “Indiana Week in Review.”
The three Indiana Republican candidates running for the U.S. Senate spent much of Sunday night’s debate positioning themselves as the biggest supporters of President Donald Trump.
I’ve already seen the arguments about how journalists wouldn’t complain if the Sinclair message came from the left. Wrong.
The first debate to be televised statewide is slated for April 15, with all three candidates confirming their participation. One of the trio has declined to partake in the third debate.
Smart TVs everywhere, free WiFi and Obamacare do not assuage the poverty of the soul.
I know guns are not the sole factor in the recent flurry of mass killings in America, but they are a factor.
Hopes within the series are high that it can land a future broadcast agreement in the next month or so and a title sponsor before the season concludes in September.
Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry, a Democrat, blasted President Donald Trump on Wednesday for tweeting about the case of a suspect who’d been deported from the country and charged in a drunken crash that killed linebacker Edwin Jackson and another man.
President Donald Trump tweeted that it was "disgraceful" that an Indianapolis Colts linebacker was killed in a suspected drunken-driving crash by a person who was in the U.S. illegally.
The search is on for the next Barack Obama.
IBJ talked with the longtime broadcasters about their experiences behind a central Indiana mic.
While the economic impact for the 2021 All-Star weekend could top $100 million for Indianapolis, the hard costs and soft expenses for the Pacers and city will easily reach eight figures.
All these incidents at the Statehouse involve consensual behavior, as far as I know.
Indianapolis' largest public animal shelter is urging residents to consider adopting a cat or dog to save them from being euthanized at the overcrowded facility.
Plus “Come From Away,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “The Play That Goes Wrong,” “Miss Saigon” and “A Bronx Tale.”
Lawmakers in safe districts, be they in Congress or in the Indiana General Assembly, don’t need to cooperate with others because they have no fear of losing the next election.
Broadcast executive Jeff Smulyan’s career-spanning commitment to Indianapolis earns him the distinction of being the 24th recipient of IBJ’s Michael A. Carroll Award.