Ex-WSJ bureau chief Camp dies at 83

Charles Camp, a longtime Wall Street Journal journalist, died Thursday at the age of 83.

An obituary states, “He began his journalism career as a youngster, publishing a neighborhood newspaper. During college, he worked fulltime as a reporter for the Syracuse (NY) Post-Standard, and after a brief stint at the Buffalo (NY) Courier-Express, joined The Wall Street Journal in 1965, where he would remain for 25 years.

“He started in Cleveland, then covered the automobile industry for 14 years in Detroit, half of them as bureau chief. He later served as Houston bureau chief. He served nine years in The Journal’s New York headquarters in a number of editing and management positions, including Acting National News Editor and Senior Editor.

“After retiring from The Journal in 1990, he worked as a consultant for the paper for two years, then returned to reporting – his first love in journalism – at the Dallas Morning News. He was later named Business Editor there. In 2002, he moved to the Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader, where he worked as a reporter and editor. During his career, Mr. Camp particularly enjoyed mentoring young reporters, who he considered the heart of any news organization.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.