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 […]
Phillips, longtime Dow Jones CEO, dies at 92
Warren Phillips, who was CEO of Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones & Co. from 1975 to 1990 and earlier a journalist at the paper, died Friday at 92. James Hagerty of The Journal writes, “Mr. Phillips was CEO of Dow Jones from 1975 until the end of 1990. He retired as chairman of the company in […]
Scholl, former Barron’s West Coast editor, has died
Jaye Scholl, a longtime Barron’s staffer who was its West Coast editor, died this weekend. Scholl worked for Barron’s from 1982 to 2002. She was also a contributing writer for Alpha and Absolute Return magazines and served as communications director for a hedge fund marketing firm. Gail Gregg, a classmate of Scholl’s at Columbia, said in […]
Cordtz, ABC News economics editor in the 70s, dies at 92
Dan Cordtz, a longtime business journalist who was the economics editor for ABC News in the 1970s, died Saturday at the age of 92. Steve Terrell of the Santa Fe New Mexican writes, “Kay Cordtz said during the inflation-riddled early and mid-’70s, ‘the three major networks employed not a single reporter trained and experienced in covering […]
McLeod, former WSJ digital leader, dies at 60
Gordon McLeod, an executive who helped The Wall Street Journal and other publications improve their digital offerings, died last month from cancer at the age of 60. James Hagerty of The Journal writes, “Mr. McLeod was president of the Wall Street Journal Digital Network from 2006 to 2010. In that post, he oversaw wsj.com and the […]
