# Where to read Staff Reports

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-read-staff-reports/80195>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 7, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-read-staff-reports/80195 "2001-09-07T04:37:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-read-staff-reports/80195/1 "2001-09-07T04:37:49Z")

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I always read the links to the staff reports but where does one read them in the first place.

I get the Chicago Reader and I see the SD column but I almost never see a SD Staff Column. Are these on line somewhere?

Does the Chicago Reader just cut that part of the column out?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-read-staff-reports/80195/2 "2001-09-07T04:52:22Z")

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Go to [http://www.straightdope.com](http://www.straightdope.com) and under Recent Additions you will see links to Cecil’s newest column, Classic Columns, and Staff Reports. Right now the honeybee and cheese Staff Reports are there.

For other recent Staff Reports, see [http://www.straightdope.com/columns/](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/) a little more than halfway down. You can also search for Staff Reports, as well as Cecil’s column, from this page.

For the older Staff Reports, see the Staff Report Archive, [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/index.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/index.html)

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-read-staff-reports/80195/3 "2001-09-07T11:56:09Z")

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Thanks, bib.

And, to answer your other question, the Staff Reports only appear online at the website, they are not printed in the READER. They are not part of Cecil’s column. Staff Reports are a separate feature that some of us Straight Dope Staff thought might be fun, and Cecil agreed that there were lots of questions that he didn’t want to bother with, but that lowly staff could tackle.

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**Author:** ![Threadkiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aca169/32.png) [@Threadkiller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Threadkiller)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-read-staff-reports/80195/4 "2001-09-07T14:33:43Z")

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In addition the seminal [Triumph of the Straight Dope](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#Triumph) contains selected staff reports.

Buy it.  
Read it.  
Love it.

Notice: I was not paid or compensated in any way for the above endorsement.