Why readers loved tech journalist Dvorak
Michael Miller writes for PCMag about legendary technology journalist John C. Dvorak, who died last week at 80 and was edited by Miller. Miller writes, “After I joined PC Magazine in 1991, I got to know John a lot better. He wrote two columns for the magazine: a main essay column under his name and Inside Track. Each appeared […]
Remembering the graciousness of Om Malik
Axios business editor Dan Primack writes about former technology journalist Om Malik, who died Wednesday at the age of 59. Primack writes, “Social media is full of such sentiments, but I wanted to share two particular remembrances. The first from Katie Fehrenbacher, an Axios Pro reporter who was part of the original Gigaom team. The second from Kara Swisher, who was in […]
Tech journalist Malik dies at 59
Om Malik, a longtime technology journalist who later became a venture capitalist, died on Wednesday. He was 59. He was the founder of tech news site GigaOm, which he ran from 2001 to 2013. Malik was also a senior writer for Forbes, Red Herring and Business 2.0. Since then, he was a partner in True […]
Remembering former IBJ editor Greg Andrews
Hayleigh Colombo of The Indianapolis Star writes about her former editor, Indianapolis Business Journal’s Greg Andrews, who died last month at the age of 60. Colombo writes, “With his head pointed down at the floor, he’d briskly walk up and down the long hallways at the old IBJ offices at 41 E. Washington St. Sometimes he’d look up […]
Andrews, longtime Indy Biz Journal editor, dies at 60
Greg Andrews, former editor of the Indianapolis Business Journal and business editor of the Indianapolis Star, died May 20 at the age of 60. An obituary states, “Though Greg preferred working behind the scenes, his influence on Indiana journalism was substantial. During nearly 30 years at the Indianapolis Business Journal, he rose from reporter to […]
Inman, FT Style Guide author, dies at 87
Colin Inman, the author of the first FT Style Guide, has died at the age of 87. Roger Blitz of The Financial Times writes, “As author of the first FT Style Guide, the newspaper’s in-house bible, Inman set the template for grammar in every article: how journalists should use words and phrases, abbreviations, proper names, punctuation, […]
Bolante, Puget Sound Business Journal photographer, dies at 58
Anthony Bolante, the award-winning Puget Sound Business Journal photographer, died Thursday due to complications following a stroke. He was 58. Editor in chief Ryan Lambert writes, “Bolante joined the Business Journal in 2011 as a seasoned photojournalist who had built an extensive portfolio through his work with Reuters, Getty Images, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Bellevue Journal-American and […]
Larson, former Fort Wayne Biz Weekly journalist, dies at 68
Cindy Lou Larson, a former reporter for the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, died May 5. She was 68. Lisa Esquivel Long of the Business Weekly writes, “Larson worked many years at The News-Sentinel as a copy editor and as a feature writer. A New Haven High School graduate, she attended business school and worked […]
LeDuc, former reporter for Fort Wayne Biz Weekly, dies
Doug LeDuc, a former reporter for the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, died May 11. Lisa Esquivel Long of the Business Weekly writes, “LeDuc started at Business Weekly in 2006, just a year after the business journal started. Before that he covered business news at The News-Sentinel 1989-2006. He was first hired as a business […]
Schroeder, former Businessweek and WSJ journalist, dies at 72
Michael Schroeder, who worked business journalist at The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and The Detroit News, was killed May 4 in a car accident in Florida. He was 72. Former colleague Eric Starkman writes, “In the mid-80s, most U.S. publications were facing economic pressures and virtually every publication I applied to had a hiring freeze. I figured […]
