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Meyer, former Windsor Star biz reporter, dies at 83

Robert Meyer, a former business reporter at the Windsor Star in Canada, died Nov. 23 at the age of 83.

Madeline Mazak of The Star reports, “After receiving a tip in 1970, Meyer broke the story about heavy amounts of poisonous mercury found in pickerel being taken from St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and portions of Lake Erie by commercial fishermen who exported worldwide.

The next day, commercial fishing ceased in all three bodies of water.

“‘He had an eye for a story,’ said Jim Bruce, the newspaper’s city editor at the time.

“‘I think we had the most talented group of reporters that I can recall, and Bob was one of them.’

“In 1975, Meyer would go on to blow the whistle on a private club — comprised of well-known millionaires, a former provincial premier and members of Parliament — involved in the illegal killing of wildlife on Griffith Island in Georgian Bay.”

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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.

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