Shields, Bond Buyer reporter for 26 years, dies at 57

Yvette Shields, a Bond Buyer reporter for the past 26 years, died July 19 at the age of 57 from what is believed to be sepsis.

Caitlin Devitt of Bond Buyer reports, “Shields brought transparency and accountability to the complex and opaque municipal finance industry with her relentless coverage and willingness to share her knowledge with other reporters and competitors.

“‘The muni industry will now know less about Chicago and Illinois finances with Yvette no longer reporting on them,’ said Matt Fabian, partner at Municipal Market Analytics. ‘We were lucky to have had her helping us for so long.’

“Shields began her journalism career at the storied Chicago News Bureau, where she was trained to cover City Hall and honed her political instincts and met many of her lifelong friends. She joined the Bond Buyer in 1997, covering the Midwest at a time when Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley was at the height of his power.”

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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.