Raum, former AP economics reporter, dies at 74
Tom Raum, a former economics reporter for the Associated Press, died Friday at the age of 74 after a brain injury. Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of the AP writes, “He also spent time on the economics beat, including covering the Great Recession, which began in December 2007 when George W. Bush was president and officially ended in June 2009 […]
Saks, former Reuters journalist, dies at 79
Rudi Saks, a longtime Reuters reporter and editor, died on Jan. 15 at the age of 79. An obituary on WestportNow.com (Conn.) states, “He graduated from Wrentham Center High School, where he was salutatorian, in 1957. Rudi met his wife, Sieglinde (Siegi) in Crailsheim, Germany while serving for three years in the Public Information Office […]
Former New Mexican biz editor dies at 77
Bob Quick, who worked as the business editor for the Santa Fe New Mexican, died last week after a lengthy battle with Lewy body dementia. He was 77. Steve Terrell of the New Mexican wrote, “In 1981, Quick moved to Santa Fe, where his father and stepmother had bought a business, the Western Auto store on […]
Wichita Biz Journal ME Wilson remembered as a good friend
Bill Roy, the editor of the Wichita Business Journal, writes about Bill Wilson, the managing editor of the paper who died Wednesday from cancer. Roy writes, “Bill was a three-time winner of the Kansas Press Association’s Huck Boyd Award for Community Service. He won awards from the Society of Business Editors and Writers, Kansas City Press Club, […]
Midlands Business Journal founder Hoig dies at 86
Bob Hoig, who launched the Omaha-based Midlands Business Journal in 1975, died Monday at the age of 86. Michael Kelly of The Omaha World-Herald writes, “He later wrote for the Lincoln Journal, the Miami Daily News and United Press International before joining The World-Herald in 1969, covering crime and corruption. He also wrote of lax security […]
Wichita Business Journal managing editor dies from cancer
Bill Wilson, the Wichita Business Journal’s managing editor and a Wichita-area journalist for more than 35 years, died Wednesday morning after a three-year bout with cancer. Kirk Seminoff of the Business Journal writes, “‘Bill really did fight the good fight over the course of a couple of years,” WBJ editor Bill Roy said. ‘When he worked, he worked […]
Moulds, former Chicago biz reporter, dies at 85
Warren Moulds, a business reporter for Chicago papers in the 196os and 1970s, died in December at the age of 85. Bob Goldsborough of the Chicago Tribune writes, “In the late 1960s, Moulds was hired as a business reporter for the Chicago’s American newspaper, which was owned by the Tribune. He remained with the paper after […]
Levingston, former Florida business editor, dies at 81
Lewis “Skip” Levingston, a former business editor of the Florida Times-Union in Jacksonville, dies Jan. 3 at the age of 81. Teresa Stepzinski of the Times-Union writes, “Mr. Livingston joined the Florida Times-Union as a business columnist and subsequently became business editor of the evening Jacksonville Journal. “Mr. Livingston later became the founding editor of Jacksonville Monthly […]
Myers, former Page One editor at WSJ, dies at 89
Henry F. Myers, remembered as one of the great Page One rewrite men during a 40-year Wall Street Journal career, died on Dec. 15 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was 89. A graduate of Princeton (B.A. in history, 1951) and the University of Maryland (M.A. in economics, 1957), Myers spent his career dedicated to journalism and […]
Virginia biz reporter dies at 57
Vic Bradshaw, a business reporter for The Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia, died this week at the age of 57. A story in the Star reported, “Vic Bradshaw served two tenures at the Daily News-Record — as a business reporter from 2000 to 2003 and again from June 2014 to June of this year. He […]
