Remembering WSJ reporter Lagnado
Wall Street Journal editor in chief Matt Murray sent out the following announcement on Thursday: Dear Colleagues, I’m sorry to share the very sad news that our dear colleague, Lucette Lagnado, passed away last night at the age of 62. Lucette was a singular talent, a journalist who was intensely curious about a wide range […]
WSJ reporter Lagnado dies at age 62
Lucette Lagnado, a Wall Street Journal reporter, died Wednesday at the age of 62. Andrew Silow-Carroll of the Jewish Telegraph Agency writes, “At The Wall Street Journal, which she joined in 1996, Lagnado was a cultural and investigative reporter, most recently covering health care, health delivery for the poor and uninsured, and new treatments for cancer. “Among […]
Westergaard, former Denver Biz Journal editor, dies at 67
Neil Westergaard, who served for 18 of those years as the editor of Denver Business Journal as the paper transitioned from a print-focused to digitally focused product, has died at the age of 67. Ed Sealover of the Business Journal writes, “Westergaard, who had received the Colorado Press Association Newspaper Person of the Year just this […]
Financial advice columnist Berko has died
Malcolm Berko, the syndicated financial advice columnist whose work has appeared for years in newspapers across the country, has died. A story on the Columbian website states, “AM Syndication, which has distributed Berko’s column since March, said Friday that it had been informed by Berko’s family that he passed away Thursday. “Berko wrote his ‘Taking […]
Former biz editor of Georgia newspaper dies
Bryant Steele, the former business editor of the Rome (Georgia) News-Tribune, died Wednesday. A story in the Marietta Daily Journal reports, “He came to work at the Rome News-Tribune in December of 2007 as the business editor, but began his journalism career as the editor of the University of Georgia’s Red & Black newspaper. “He […]
Newman, longtime KTLA biz reporter, dies at 87
Jim Newman, a longtime television business journalist in the Los Angeles market, has died at the age of 87. Newman’s career as a journalist spanned over 30 years. His most recent work comes from KABC-TV in Los Angeles, where he provided insightful financial information on the morning, midday and 5 p.m. newscasts of Eyewitness News. […]
Harney, syndicated real estate columnist, dies at 75
Kenneth R. Harney, the author for four decades of the syndicated real estate column “The Nation’s Housing,” which explored issues faced by homeowners and home buyers, died May 23. Bart Barnes of the Washington Post writes, “Distributed weekly to 90 newspapers around the country by The Washington Post Writers Group, Mr. Harney’s column was focused on […]
Horwitz, Pulitzer Price winner at WSJ, dies at 60
Tony Horwitz, whose vivid stories about working-class Americans won him a Pulitzer Prize at The Wall Street Journal before he became a best-selling history author, died at age 60. William Power of The Journal writes, “A Northerner with a deep fascination for the South, Mr. Horwitz is remembered as one of the most talented Journal writers […]
Former WSJ reporter McDonald has died
Ian McDonald, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal’s Money & Investing section from March 2001 to October 2007, died last week after battling colon cancer. He was 47. McDonald covered the mutual-fund industry, writing the Fund Fiend and Seven Questions columns for the Online Journal. He once had two Page One lead stories on […]
Editorial: Dow Jones CEO Phillips was a newsman at heart
The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial about former Dow Jones & Co. CEO Warren Phillips, who died Friday at the age of 92. The editorial states, “We saw his fortitude personally in the 1980s when two Journal editorial writers based in Asia were charged with contempt of court in Singapore for criticizing the city-state’s treatment […]
