Sergeant, founder of Euromoney, dies at 100
Sir Patrick Sergeant, the founder of Euromoney and legendary figure of financial journalism, died on Sept. 18 at the age of 100. A Telegraph story states, “When the Mail’s proprietor, the second Viscount Rothermere, complained in 1966 that the City desk looked overstaffed, Sergeant came up with a new source of advertising revenues by introducing […]
King, former WSJ global economics editor, has died
Neil King, the former global economics editor at The Wall Street Journal, died Tuesday from cancer. He was 65. He left The Journal in 2016. Last year, his book “American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal” documented his 330-mile walk from Washington to New York. King worked for 15 years in the Journal’s Washington […]
Evans, Reuters staffer killed, was indispensable to coverage
Ryan Evans, who was killed in a missile strike on a hotel in eastern Ukraine, had combat experience and a professional manner that made him indispensable to Reuters’ coverage of wars and an unfailing source of support for many journalists, reports Elizabeth Piper of Reuters. Piper reports, “He befriended many of the reporters he was helping stay safe, […]
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 […]
