Allen, former US News biz editor, dies at 88
Jodie Allen, who was assistant managing editor for business and the “Funny Money” columnist at US News & World Report from 1999 to 2005, died Sept. 15 at the age of 88, writes Paul Duggan of The Washington Post. Duggan reports, “She spent two decades working for public and private think tanks such as the Urban Institute, […]
Ex-Fox Business staffer dies at 36
Jennifer Eckhart, a former Fox Business staffer who sued the network and its then-anchor Ed Henry for sexual harassment and retaliation, died Sept. 19 at the age of 35, reports Erik Pederson of Deadline. Pederson reports, “Eckhart joined Fox Business Network in 2013 and filed a complaint about Henry to FBN in June 2020, alleging ‘willful sexual misconduct in […]
Biz journalist Choyke dies at 76
Bill Choyke, former business editor of The Tennessean in Nashville and the Virginian-Pilot, died last month at the age of 76. Choyke began his professional career at his hometown newspaper in Waukegan, Ill., after graduating from Ohio University in Athens. He moved to Washington, D.C., in 1975, and provided coverage in the nation’s capital for a […]
Hill, former News & Observer biz editor, dies at 75
Thom Hill, who was business editor for The (Raleigh) News & Observer in the 1980s, died Sept. 6 at the age of 75. An obituary states, “He graduated from Cary High School Class of 1970 and UNC – Chapel Hill School of Journalism in 1974, In 1975 he married Priscilla (Edwards) Hill, formerly of Goldsboro, […]
Welles, Loeb winner, dies at 75
Edward Welles, a Gerald Loeb Award winner and longtime staff writer at Inc. magazine, died Aug. 9 at the age of 75. An obituary states, “He began his professional journey crafting captions for National Geographic and writing freelance articles for the Washington Post, the Boston Globe, and Audubon Magazine. His career brought him to California, […]
Remembering Portland Biz Journal reporter Brenneman
Andy Giegerich, managing editor of the Portland Business Journal, remembers Kristina Brenneman, a former Business Journal reporter who recently died. Giegerich writes, “For those flipping through our pages or scrolling our site, bylines, or the names of writers, tend to come and go. Kris had worked in the newsletter world before joining the PBJ newsroom. When […]
Former Pennsylvania biz editor dies at 91
Mario Mullig, former business reporter and business editor of the Washington Observer-Reporter newspaper in Pennsylvania, died on Aug. 22 at the age of 91. An obituary states, “Using the professional name Bob Coleman, Mario worked as a radio announcer and disc jockey at WCVI in Connellsville and WKIN and WACB in Kittanning. In 1955, Mario […]
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 […]
