Personal finance columnist Yip lived for her work
Joe Simnacher of the Dallas Morning News writes about the paper’s personal finance columnist Pamela Yip, who died Sunday at the age of 59. Simnacher writes, “Maria Abad, Yip’s partner of nearly 20 years, said Yip ‘lived for her work.’ “‘She loved what she did, educating everyone about personal finance,’ she said. “Abad met Yip in Houston in […]
Yip, longtime personal finance columnist, dies
Pamela Yip, a longtime personal finance columnist for the Dallas Morning News, died Sunday morning after fighting cancer for three years. She was 59. Yip had recently taken a buyout offer from the Morning News and left the paper in September. She had been a board member of the Society of American Business Editors and […]
Yount, former WSJ Radio anchor and union president, dies
Steve Yount, former president of the Independent Association of Publisher’s Employees and a news anchor on Wall Street Journal Radio, died Wednesday at the age of 64. A story on the union’s website states, “During his term as president, Steve led IAPE to a significant organizing victory at the former Dow Jones ‘Harborside’ location in […]
Dow, legendary Toronto biz writer, dies at 77
Alastair Dow, a well-known business reporter and editor for the Toronto Star, died this week at the age of 77. May Warren of The Star writes, “A business journalist, he won national awards for his stories on Loblaws and ‘the plight of Bay Street brokers near the bottom of a steep stock market decline,’ according to […]
Taylor, former WSJ executive editor, dies at 87
Frederick Taylor, a former Wall Street Journal executive editor who spent more than 30 years at the paper and was known for fiercely defending journalism and his staffers, died Monday at age 87. Nathan Becker and Neil Haggerty of The Journal write, “Mr. Taylor was the Journal’s managing editor from 1970 to 1977, then served […]
Shields, biz editor of Windsor Star, dies at 83
Bill Shields, the former automotive reporter and business editor of the Windsor Star in Canada, died Friday at the age of 81. Brian Cross of the Star writes, “Former Chrysler spokesman Walt McCall said his company had as good a working relationship with Shields as it could possibly have with a reporter, meaning officials could […]
Bernhard, former VP of editorial at ACBJ, has died
Kent Bernhard Sr., the longtime vice president of editorial at American City Business Journals, died Friday at the age of 72. Before he retired in 2010, he oversaw news and editorial operations of American City’s 40 metropolitan business newspapers, as well as the company’s editorial research, business data collection operations and Washington bureau. He also […]
Mansfield, former Lansing State Journal biz editor, dies
Duncan Mansfield, who was the business editor of the Lansing State Journal in Michigan in the 1980s, has died at the age of 62 from pancreatic cancer. An AP story states, “Mansfield served as AP’s Knoxville correspondent from 1989 to 2009, focusing on breaking news and enterprise in east Tennessee. He was the news cooperative’s […]
McIntosh, news editor of Funiture/Today, dies at 60
Longtime Furniture/Today news editor Jay McIntosh, who also covered business news for the Charlotte Observer, died Friday at the age of 60. A Furniture/Today story states, “McIntosh joined Furniture/Today in 1991 as a staff writer from the Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, N.C., where he was a business writer. At the Observer, he wrote a personal […]
Jacobs, former AP biz reporter, dies at 37
Stevenson Jacobs, a former Associated Press business reporter, died Monday from a heart attack. He was 37. An AP story states, “Jacobs, who was a partner and head of business development at the investment fund ShearLink Capital, died from an apparent heart attack Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, according to his wife, […]
