Jacobs, first WSJ small biz columnist, dies at 86
By Bill Power Sanford Lee Jacobs, The Wall Street Journal’s first small-business columnist, died on June 16 in Pittsboro, N.C. He was 86. In 1980, when the Journal expanded its news coverage and divided into two sections, Small Business was one of the five new second-section columns to be introduced. The columns covered areas of […]
The legend of bond journalist Joe Mysak
By Ted Merz When Joe Mysak was fired as the editor of the The Bond Buyer in 1994, the staff stood on their desks and applauded as he left the building. He appreciated the homage to the scene in “Dead Poets Society,” a film which had come out a few years earlier. It seemed a […]
Energy journalist Gibbons dies at 68
By Emily Flitter and Chris Reese Robert Gibbons, a journalist known for his reports on the energy industry and his adventures in rock ‘n’ roll, which included touring Europe with the band the Velvet Underground, died on April 20. He was 68. The cause was lung cancer, according to his wife, Lisa Del Greco. In […]
