San Diego biz reporter Bigelow is remembered
Peter Rowe of the San Diego Union-Tribune writes about former UT business reporter Bruce Bigelow, who died last week at the age of 63. Rowe writes, “At the Union-Tribune, Bigelow was known for in-depth business coverage. His 14-part 1997 series about a North County startup, ‘The Toymaker,’ required more than 100 interviews conducted over a two-and-a-half year […]
Xconomy’s Bigelow dies at 63
Bruce Bigelow, a journalist for tech news site Xconomy in San Diego, died after a brief illness at the age of 63. Bob Buderi, Xconomy’s editor in chief, wrote, “We are a close-knit team despite being spread out around the country, and just two weeks ago several of us had the rare pleasure of catching up […]
Auto reporter Tierney dies from Parkinson’s disease
Longtime automotive industry reporter Christine Tierney died last week at the age of 60 from Parkinson’s disease. Tierney covered the auto industry for nearly 20 years from Paris, Frankfurt and Detroit, winning awards for breaking news and in-depth projects. I She wrote stories ranging from GM’s bankruptcy to the breakup of DaimlerChrysler and a resurgent Volkswagen’s goal […]
Watson, former SABEW executive director, dies at 67
Warren Watson, who was executive director of the Society of American Business Editors and Writers from 2009 to 2014, died Sunday at the age of 67. Watson had been suffering from complications related to diabetes. Watson was hired to relocate the SABEW headquarters office from the University of Missouri to Arizona State University’s Cronkite School in September […]
Former Memphis biz editor dies
Lewis Nolan, business editor of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal from 1978 to 1984, died Monday at the age of 74. Tom Bailey of the Commercial-Appeal writes, “By 1978, he was appointed business editor. That didn’t stop him from writing an unusual first-person account in 1980 when the former British prime minister, James Callaghan, visited Memphis on a search for […]
Van Hecke, former Charlotte Observer biz editor, dies at 89
M.S. Van Hecke, a longtime business editor and business columnist at the Charlotte Observer, died on Saturday at the age of 89. Van Hecke graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1948 and then began his career with the New Bern Sun-Journal and Kinston Daily Free Press, both North Carolina newspapers, before joining the Observer. “He really […]
Former Green Bay biz editor dies at 90
Harry Maier, who was the business editor at the Green Bay Press Gazette for 22 years, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Richard Ryman and Jeff Bollier of the Press Gazette write, “Former Press-Gazette sports editor Tony Walter had a long friendship with Maier. “‘I first met Harry in 1960 when I was a Boy Scout and […]
Politico health care reporter Norman dies from cancer
Carrie Budoff Brown, the editor in chief at Politico, sent out the following to the staff on Saturday: We have sad news. Brett Norman, one of our health care reporters and a beloved colleague and friend, has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 42. He leaves behind his wife, the journalist Kate Dailey, two young […]
Wagman, founding editor of Jacksonville Biz Journal, dies at 90
Jules Wagman, who was the founding editor of the Jacksonville Business Journal, has died at the age of 90. A story on its website states, “He had joined American City Business Journals’ flagship weekly in Kansas City in 1983 from Cleveland, Ohio, where he was on the news staff of The Cleveland Press until it […]
Phelps, started Corpus Christi paper’s biz section, dies at 84
Grady Phelps, the first business reporter at the Corpus Christi Caller-Times who started its business section in 1974, died Thursday at the age of 84. Meagan Falcon of the Caller-Times writes, “Beckner said Phelps strived to reach the journalistic standards of accuracy, verification, truthfulness and integrity in his writing and it stood out in many of the […]
