McCampbell, former Tennessean biz editor, dies at 78
Candy McCampbell, the business news editor at The Tennessean in Nashville from 1984 to 2002, died Wednesday at the age of 78. Brad Schmitt of The Tennessean writes, “McCampbell, who joined The Tennessean straight out of college in 1968, became business news editor in 1984 after stints as a features writer, city editor, real estate editor […]
Blanchard, former biz editor at Globe-Democrat, dies at 92
Robert Blanchard, a longtime journalist who was business and financial editor of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat before it closed, died April 17 at the age of 92. An obituary states, “He served 31 years in the Air Force, including active-duty tours in Vietnam and Japan as a transport pilot. He flew 75 combat missions in […]
Payne, cofounder of West Virginia biz newspaper, dies at 86
Bob Payne, one of the co-founders of The State Journal, a West Virginia business newspaper, died April 12 at the age of 86. An obituary states, “For years, Bob and his brother Henry talked about their vision for a vibrant West Virginia economy. This desire led them to start the West Virginia business newspaper, The […]
Rutberg, financial editor for Fairchild, dies at 101
Sidney Rutberg, the highly respected and longtime financial editor and columnist for Fairchild Publications, March 25 at the age of 101. Jean E. Palmieri of Women’s Wear Daily writes, “Rutberg joined Fairchild Publications in 1949 as a buyers arrival reporter and worked his way up to both financial editor and a columnist where he penned […]
Remembering journalist Gwen Robinson
Financial Times associate editor Edward Luce writes about Gwen Robinson, the former Financial Times and Nikkei Asia journalist who died last week at the age of 65. Luce writes, “She saw through bullshitters like jellyfish. But her kindness to young journalists, friends of friends, those suffering from proverbial broken wings and anyone who sought advice, was […]
Nikkei Asia’s Robinson dies at 65
Gwen Akiko Robinson, Nikkei Asia’s Bangkok-based editor-at-large, has died at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer. Ken Koyanagi of Nikkei Asia reports, “It seems that sense of lost opportunity back in the early 1990s led her to invest her time into Nikkei’s subsequent English media venture 20 years later. This time around, the […]
Kraut, former Bloomberg editor, dies at 55
Daniel Kraut, an insurance and top news team editor at Bloomberg News, died Friday at the age of 55 from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. An obituary states, “He joined Bloomberg in New York early in 2007 as an editor and was assigned to the insurance team, based partly on his coverage of staged accidents back in […]
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 […]
Keith, first black biz editor at Detroit News, dies at 74
Luther Keith, the first black business editor at the Detroit News, has died at the age of 74. Darren Nichols of the Detroit Free Press writes, “Keith, a native Detroiter, attended Detroit Cathedral High School and began his career at The Detroit News in 1972, after graduating from the University of Detroit. He was the first […]
Wallace, Daily Record assistant editor, dies at 58
Sean Wallace, an assistant editor at The Daily Record in Maryland, a BridgeTower Media publication, died Saturday at the age of 58 from cancer. A Daily Record story, “Wallace, who since 2015 served as The Daily Record’s assistant editor, worked as a copy editor, sportswriter and page designer at newspapers in Texas and Illinois for almost […]
