Hinden, former Washington Post biz reporter, dies at 90
Stan Hinden, a former financial journalist for The Washington Post who reinvented himself in retirement as a personal-finance writer focused on the concerns of retirees, died Tuesday at the age of 90. Bart Barnes of The Post writes, “During his 23 years at The Post, Mr. Hinden wrote about stocks, bonds, mutual funds and the intricacies […]
A business journalist people admired and respected
Angie Muhs, the executive editor of the State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois, writes about Tim Landis, the paper’s business editor who died earlier this month. Much writes, “Tim was a good reporter because he excelled at making those community-based connections, and he excelled at making connections because of his character. “Tim never was feigning interest or […]
Robinson, former Sacramento Biz Journal editor, dies at 61
Jack Robinson, who was editor of the Sacramento Business Journal from 2011 to 2016, died Monday at the age of 61 from a brain tumor. Sonya Sorich of the Business Journal writes, “Robinson joined the Business Journal in February 2011, after working as managing editor of the Fresno Bee. When that paper’s parent company, The […]
Illinois biz editor Landis dies at 66
Tim Landis, the business editor at The State Journal-Register in Springfield, Illinois, died Tuesday at the age of 66. Bernard Schoenberg of the State Journal-Register writes, “Landis covered a wide variety of topics, including business, agriculture, economic development and land use. “‘Tim’s passing leaves a huge hole in the SJ-R’s institutional knowledge, given how much he […]
Scholarship created to honor biz journalist Ward
The (Nashville) Tennessean, Tennessee State University and other organizations have partnered to create a new scholarship in the name of the late Getahn Ward, a business reporter at the paper who died this past weekend. Joey Garrison of The Tennessean writes, “The Getahn Ward Memorial Scholarship, announced Thursday, will be awarded to a journalism student each year […]
Remembering a bulldog business reporter
Alanna Autler of WSMV-TV writes about Tennesseean business reporter Getahn Ward, who died suddenly this weekend at 45. Autler writes, “As a business journalist, Ward chronicled the rise of Nashville on its way to becoming the ‘it city.’ “Ward fled his home country of Liberia in the early 1990s during a bloody civil war. “Ward was known as […]
Tennessean biz reporter Ward dies at 45
Getahn Ward, a longtime business reporter at The Tennessean and instructor at Tennessee State University, died Saturday at the age of 45 after a short illness. Joey Garrison and Nate Rau of The Tennessean write, “Ward, who joined The Tennessean in 1998 after previously working at the shuttered Nashville Banner, was a bulldog of a reporter, most recently on the […]
Former St. Paul biz editor dies at 80
Bill Farmer, who was a business reporter and a business editor for the St. Paul Pioneer Press in Minnesota, died Sunday at the age of 80. Ryan Faircloth of the Pioneer Press writes, “Farmer was hired to the Pioneer Press business team in 1963. He held various positions, including columnist, business editor, travel editor, travel writer […]
Callaway remembers legend Marshall Loeb
David Callaway, the CEO of TheStreet.com, writes about legendary business journalist Marshall Loeb, who died Saturday at the age of 88. Callaway writes, “The founder of modern business journalism, who died this past weekend at 88, built his lasting legacy at Time, Fortune, and Money magazines. Late in life, he was a columnist for CBS MarketWatch, where I had the good […]
Business journalism giant Loeb dies at 88
Marshall R. Loeb, a business journalist who turned a floundering Money magazine into one of the nation’s most successful publications in the 1980s and then led a similar revival at Fortune, died on Saturday in Manhattan. He was 88. Robert D. Hershey Jr. of The New York Times reports, “He joined Money in 1980 as managing […]
