Neff, longtime Businessweek staffer, dies at 77
Robert C. Neff, a former Businessweek staffer who covered the rise of the Japanese economy, died July 31 at the age of 77. Bill Holstein writes for The Japan Times, “Neff was part of a golden age of magazine journalism. He circled the globe with postings in Honolulu, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London and New York. American […]
Reuters staffer Evans killed in Ukraine attack
Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in a strike on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. A Reuters story states, “Evans, who was working as a safety adviser for the agency, was killed after a missile struck the […]
Sabo, longtime copy editor Bloomberg, dies at 67
Joe Sabo, who was a copy editor at Bloomberg news from 1994 to 2015, died Aug. 18 at the age of 67. Before Bloomberg, Sabo worked at the Daily Racing Form as an editor. After Bloomberg, he worked at the Asbury Park Press and Epoch Times as an editor and page designer. He held a bachelor’s […]
Iskandar, former FT correspondent, dies at 57
Samer Iskandar, a former Financial Times correspondent, died on Aug. 13 at the age of 57. Youmna Melhem Chamieh of the FT writes, “Samer was a financier, teacher, researcher and journalist. To try to sum up his career across so many industries, roles and locations is a challenge perhaps only he could have risen to. […]
Bjorhus, longtime biz reporter, dies at 59
Jennifer Bjorhus, a business reporter at the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune, died Aug. 9 from gioblastoma. Kelly Smith of the Star Tribune writes, “She worked eight years on the West Coast as a reporter at the Seattle Times, the Oregonian and the San Jose Mercury News. By 2002, she returned to […]
Barr, former Bloomberg TV and CNBC reporter, dies at 46
Beccy Barr, who worked as a reporter for Bloomberg Television and CNBC, died at 46 from cancer. Helen Pidd of The Guardian writes, “Beccy studied government and economics at the London School of Economics, graduating in 2000, and then did a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism at City University. “One of her first TV jobs was […]
Thomas, executive biz editor in Knoxville, dies at 81
Lois Evelyn Reagan Thomas, retired executive business editor of The Knoxville News-Sentinel, died Thursday at the age of 81. An obituary states, “She came to work at the News-Sentinel in 1962 when she was a student at the University of Tennessee. She wrote the School Talk column and was a staff writer for what was […]
Bell, former Toledo Blade biz journalist, dies at 90
Ned Bell, a business reporter who worked at the Toledo Blade for 30 years, died July 13 at the age of 90. Mike Sigov of The Blade writes, “Mr. Bell retired from The Blade in February, 1996, after 37 years in the newspaper business, including 30 years with The Blade, of which the last nearly […]
TV biz news anchor Dobbs dies at 78
Lou Dobbs, the longtime business news anchor at CNN and then Fox Business, died on Thursday. He was 78. Oliver Darcy of CNN reports, “Dobbs had a lengthy career in broadcast journalism, spending more than two decades at CNN, which he joined at its inception in 1980 and anchoring the program “Moneyline.” Dobbs left CNN […]
Greenwald, former biz editor in Minneapolis and biz reporter for Time, dies at 82
Longtime business journalist John Greenwald died June 28 at the age of 82. Greenwald is a former senior writer for Time magazine, where he specialized in business and economic news and wrote more than two dozen cover articles. A bachelor’s and master’s graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and a master’s graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School […]
