Craig Schiffer, who worked for Nikkei News, a Japanese financial news publication, died after being hit by a police car this weekend. He was 54.
Tania Lopez of Newsday writes, “Schiffer worked for years for small newspapers like the Southern Dutchess News and the Queens Tribune. He also reported for trade publications like American Metal Market and Electronic Buyer News, his wife said.
“But most recently and for the past decade, Schiffer worked for Nikkei News, a Japanese financial news publication. There he rewrote stories that had been translated to English from Japanese ‘so they all sounded good,’ his wife said.
“‘Craig was a pretty quiet guy. Very bright, very smart. He was very well read. Whether it was classics, or fantasies, he was a big reader,’ she said, adding her husband loved the Mets and the Jets. ‘He was a loyal fan.'”
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